Spine Universe Author Biography

Doctor Nitin Bhatia, a fellowship trained spine surgeon, serves as Director of the UC Irvine Spine Center. He has expertise in all areas of spinal pathology including spinal stenosis, disc herniations, spine trauma, and scoliosis. Dr. Bhatia is active in multiple research projects including federally funded spinal cord injury research. Most of all, Dr. Bhatia gives his patients compassionate and understanding care.

When surgery is necessary, Dr. Bhatia uses state of the art techniques including minimally invasive surgery, endoscopic discectomy, percutaneous fusions, and kyphoplasty. Dr. Bhatia is active in multiple research projects including federally funded spinal cord injury research.

The UC Irvine Spine Center is dedicated to providing comprehensive care for all spine related problems. The Center's multi-disciplinary approach to neck and back problems results in non-surgical solutions for the majority of our patients. As the only university medical center in Orange County, we provide cutting-edge care including minimally invasive surgery and disc replacement surgery.

The Spine Center provides comprehensive surgical and non-surgical care for all type of spinal disorders including spinal stenosis, disc herniations, disc degeneration, arthritis, spine trauma including fractures and spinal cord injury, scoliosis, infections, tumors, neck pain, and back pain.

The UC Irvine Spine Center provides care for Orange County and the surrounding communities including Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Nigel, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Westminster, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Anaheim, Brea, Mission Viejo, Temecula, Fallbrook, Los Angeles, and Riverside. Patients from outside these communities are welcome at UC Irvine as well. International patients are encouraged to contact us for assistance and coordination of medical care.

SpineUniverse articles from Nitin N. Bhatia, M.D.

• A Prospective Evaluation of Diagnostic Modalities in Pediatric Back Pain
  A poster from the 2002 SRS Annual Meeting looking at the diagnosis of pediatric back pain.
• Novel Transplantation of Preconditioned Schwann Cells Following Spinal Cord Contusion Injury
  An abstract from the SRS 2005 Annual Meeting deisgned to determine whether transplantation of peripheral nerves to the injured spinal cord improves functional recovery in a contusion model.
• Proximal Segment Degeneration Following Posterior Lumbosacral Fusions (L4-S1 and L5-S1)
  A poster from the 2002 SRS Annual Meeting designed to determine the survivorship of proximal segments after lumbosacral fusions.