Board Certified Neurosurgeon
Board Certified Neurosurgeon
Sylvain Palmer, MD, FACS
Dr. Palmer completed his neurosurgical residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, ranked number one in neurosurgery by The US and World Report. He is board certified and is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of numerous neurosurgical societies and has served as president of The Orange County Neurosurgical Society. He has chaired multiple hospital medical committees and has served as Chief of Staff and as a hospital board member. His research has focused on minimally invasive spine surgery. The techniques he developed are used around the world today. He also has done extensive work in traumatic brain injury and multimodality monitoring.
Medical Innovation Research
Dr. Palmer has done groundbreaking research and development in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MIS) since 1996. He has practiced Neurosurgery in Orange County, California since 1981. He has developed minimally invasive techniques in MIS that are now used around the world. He has a particular interest in the MIS treatment of herniated cervical and lumbar disks and spinal stenosis with or without instrumentation. He lectured and taught extensively in this area as well as having published numerous articles and book chapters on MIS techniques.
Dr. Palmer was an early and pivotal member of the Mission Hospital Trauma Team, since 1981, which won the 2000 Ernest B. Codman award from the National Joint Committee on Accreditation of Hospitals. He was a pioneer in the treatment of traumatic brain injury and has published numerous articles and has lectured worldwide in this area. He was a founding member of the Adam Williams Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative, which has trained over 50 hospitals in advanced brain injury treatment techniques.
Medical Society Affiliations
Dr. Palmer is a member of numerous neurosurgical societies.
Letter from a Patient
Dear Dr. Palmer
This occasion also presents me with a more formal opportunity, Dr. Palmer, to express my sincere gratitude for your exceptional neurosurgery services again during these past twelve months. Every appointment and interaction with you as well as your very welcoming, polite, and cooperative staff members, has consistently been an enjoyable experience for me. Your office team, in my very humble opinion, is an extension of you and the professionalism, which I have admired and valued about you since I was fortunate enough to become one of your many grateful patients. Consequently, my visits to your practice have been both a pleasure and rewarding on so many levels.
Additionally, Dr. Palmer, as I have frequently mentioned in previous communications, I am very thankful for the quality attention, remarkable care, neurosurgery expertise, and of course, the thoughtful, professional courtesy that I have repeatedly received from you. Without reservation, you have always been extremely kind, considerate, accommodating, patient, understanding, informative, and thorough in the guidance that you have so generously and graciously provided concerning my neurological issues. As you surely know, I respect your comprehensive knowledge, timely counsel, and the appropriate recommendations that you have shared with me. Your astute wisdom, insight, and advice are very much appreciated.
With warmest regards,
Ed P.
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Newport Beach, CA 92660
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668 N. Coast Highway, #422
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
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Sylvain Palmer, MD, FACS
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Sylvain Palmer, MD, FACS
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