Stanford Spine Team
Jon Park, MD
Director, Comprehensive Spine NeurosurgeryDirector, Spine Neurosurgery Fellowship/Spine Research Laboratory
Dr. Park has extensive clinical practice at Stanford in outpatient minimally invasive spine surgery involving spine disc disease, degenerative spinal disorders and compression fractures. He also has special clinical interest in reconstruction of complex spine traumas and treatment of spinal tumors using Cyberknife Radiosurgery.
Dr. Jon Park's research interest includes non-fusion dynamic spinal stabilization, articificial disc technologies, and regenerative spinal technologies.
Dr. Park completed his neurosurgical residency from the world renown Montreal Neurological Institute. After completing a spine fellowship at UCLA, he was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington prior to joining Stanford faculty.
Stefan A. Mindea, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
Director, Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Stefan A. Mindea, M.D., received his undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he studied biochemistry. Dr. Mindea went on to receive his Doctorate of Medicine degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2002. He completed his surgical internship and neurological surgery residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in 2008 where, in addition, he also completed a fellowship in minimally invasive spinal surgery and served as a Clinical Instructor. This fellowship also included training in non-fusion/dynamic spinal surgery, utilizing cutting-edge articificial disc technologies, and outpatient/same-day surgery.
Dr. Mindea specializes in applying minimally invasive techniques to treat common spinal conditions such as disc herniation, lumbar stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, and spinal deformity. In addition, Dr. Mindea also treats osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with percutaneous techniques (kyphoplasty) and offers comprehensive, minimally invasive-based, treatment for spinal cord tumors and metastases, including using the Cyberknife radiosurgery system.
Dr. Mindea joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University Medical Center in 2008 and serves as the Director of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery. He is currently board eligible and is a member of the North American Spine Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. His research interests include non-fusion spinal surgery, chronic back pain, spinal radiosurgery/oncology, and minimally invasive technologies and devices.
Larry Shuer, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief of Staff, Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Dr. Shuer received his BA and MD from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at Stanford University before joining the faculty.
He is the Chief of Staff of Stanford University Hospital and a past president of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons. His research interests include syringomyelia, pediatric disorders, and degenerative spine disease.
Nurse Practitioners
Candice Osuga Lin, NP
Candice earned her BS in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University.
She has been active in the care of adult and pediatric neurosurgery patients. Her interests include neuro-oncology and degenerative spine disease.