Adebukola Onibokun, MD, is the founder and director of Campbell, Calif.-based San Jose Neurospine. He has previously served as chief of neurosurgery at Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, where he established their minimally invasive spine surgery program. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, North American Skull Base Society and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Onibokun focuses on minimally invasive spinal decompression techniques, motion preserving spinal technologies, endoscopic spinal fusion techniques, robotic computer assisted image guided surgery, complex spinal reconstruction, chiari decompression, transphenoidal surgery and microvascular decompression surgery.
Dr. Onibokun co-authored one of the sentinel articles on the technique of minimally invasive pedicle screw fixation. His research has also led to the publication of the first-ever article defining anatomic considerations for cervical pedicle screw insertion using multiplanar CT measurements.
Dr. Onibokun earned his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his neurosurgery residency at UCLA Medical Center.
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