Ara Deukmedjian, MD (Deuk Spine Institute, Melbourne, Fla.). Dr. Deukmedjian is a board-certified neurosurgeon with a special interest in minimally invasive, endoscopic spine surgery. He is the CEO and medical director of the Deuk Spine Institute and performs a procedure he developed: Deuk Laser Disc Repair. He has performed more than 2,000 cervical decompressive discectomies and treated more than 1,000 herniated or degenerated lumbar discs.
Dr. Deukmedjian is an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine and oversees a non-profit organization, the Deuk Spine Foundation, which supports research and development of techniques to improve spine health. He is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Deukmedjian earned his medical degree at the University of California’s School of Medicine and continued his training at the University of Florida at Shands. He completed his fellowship funded as a principal investigator by the National Institutes of Health.
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