James Zucherman, MD, San Francisco, CA, 94117

Since 1982, St. Mary's Spine Center has provided patients with the highest quality care available. We take pride in our experience as the oldest continuously operating multidisciplinary spine center in the western United States.

Today, we maintain our reputation as San Francisco's premier Spine Center by incorporating the latest innovations into our program of holistic, integrated care. We offer a full spectrum of treatments, including noninvasive techniques, such as manual manipulation, exercise, nutritional counseling, and medication management. Of all patients treated at the Spine Center, only 6 percent needed to be treated surgically.

Our team of physicians, physical therapists, and registered nurses works closely together to provide continuity of care and education along each patient's path to recovery, focusing on the individual and their specific needs.

Dr. Zucherman received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He completed a general surgery residency at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco. Additionally, he completed a spine surgery fellowship at the Duchess of Kent Children's Orthopaedic Hospital at the Univ. of Hong Kong in 1982. Dr. Zucherman is one of the inventors of the X-Stop® device for lumbar stenosis and is a founding member of the St. Mary’s Spine Center. He is the co-director of spine surgery fellowship at St. Mary's and Stanford Univ.

Dr. James Zucherman is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with St. Mary's Spine Center.

Type of Spine Care Professional

Orthopedic Surgeon

Areas Served

San Francisco Bay Area

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Conditions and Treatments

Conditions

• Back pain
• Degenerative disc disease
• Fracture
• Herniated disc / bulging disc
• Kyphosis
• Myelopathy
• Neck disorders
• Neck pain
• Nerve pain / neuralgia
• Piriformis syndrome
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
• Sciatica / radiculopathy
• Scoliosis and deformity
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Upper back pain

Treatments

• ALIF (anterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• Anterior / posterior lumbar fusion
• Anterior cervical corpectomy
• Anterior cervical discectomy / decompression
• Anterior cervical fusion
• Artificial disc replacement - cervical
• Artificial disc replacement - lumbar
• Back surgery
• Bone graft substitutes
• Bracing
• Caudal injections
• Cervical spine fusion instrumentation
• Epidural steroid injection - cervical
• Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
• Facet joint injections / blocks
• Hip joint injections
• Interspinous process spacers
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy / decompression surgery
• Laminoplasty
• Lower back surgery
• Lumbar corpectomy
• Lumbar spine fusion instrumentation
• Medial branch nerve blocks
• Microdiscectomy / microdecompression
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Neck surgery
• Nerve blocks
• Peripheral joint and muscular injections
• PLIF (posterior lumbar interbody fusion)
• Posterior cervical decompression
• Posterior cervical discectomy
• Posterior cervical foraminotomy
• Posterolateral lumbar fusion
• Reconstructive / revision spine surgery
• Sacroiliac joint injections / blocks
• Scoliosis surgery
• Sympathetic ganglion blocks
• TLIF (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion)
• Transforaminal injections
• Upper back surgery
• Vertebroplasty

Professional Affiliations

• International Society of the Study of the Lumbar Spine
• The North American Spine Society
• American Back Society

Certifications

• AAOS: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Board-Certified

Professional Distinctions

• Medical Director, St. Mary's Spine Center
• Co-Director Combined San Francisco-Stanford University, Spine Surgery Fellowship
• Clinical Instructor, S.F. Combined Orthopaedic Residency Training Program