Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are Dr. Highsmith’s qualifications?
2. Why a neurosurgeon?
3. Where is your office located?
4. What are your office hours?
5. What should I bring to my appointment?

1.  What are Dr. Highsmith’s qualifications?

2.  Why a neurosurgeon?

Neurosurgeons provide the highest level of expertise in treating spine disorders.  They train extensively in brain, spinal cord and nerve pathology so they are equipped to deal with pain, weakness, and numbness at all levels of the nervous system. Neurosurgeons complete more spinal surgery training than any other specialty.  They are the only physicians who treat the entire spine from the brain and cranial-cervical junction to the sacrum.  Neurosurgeons also perform peripheral nerve surgery and can treat any disorder of the spine or nerves. 

Only neurosurgeons are qualified to treat spinal cord tumors, nerve tumors, arachnoid cysts, syringomyelia, Chiari malformation, arteriovenous malformations, tethered spinal cords, spina bifida, and other neural tube defects. 

3.  Where is your office located?

4.  What are your office hours?

9am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm M-F

5.  What should I bring to my appointment?

Please ensure that you have a current list of your medications, your insurance card, and the CD-ROM or printouts of your x-rays, CT or MRI.  The report alone is not sufficient to guide your treatment.