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Rakesh Kumar, MD

  • Neurosurgery
  • Spine Surgery
Franciscan Medical Group
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Rakesh Kumar, MD

Rakesh Kumar, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon offering compassionate, personalized spine care, with specialization in complex spine conditions and revision spine surgery. By offering the safest, most effective surgical and non-surgical options, his goal is to restore function, relieve pain and improve quality of life while ensuring that every patient feels supported throughout their journey. Dr. Kumar values strong partnerships with referring physicians, keeping them informed and involved while delivering high-quality, personalized spine care to referred patients.

Away from work, Dr. Kumar enjoys playing cricket, volleyball, listening to music, cooking, and cherishes spending quality time with his family.

Conditions and procedures:

  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar disk surgery including disc replacement
  • Complex spinal surgery
  • Degenerative spine disorders (disc herniation/ spinal stenosis)
  • Minimally invasive spine surgery
  • Revision spine surgery
  • Spinal deformity correction (scoliosis/kyphosis)
  • Spinal trauma/fracture management
  • Spinal tumors and spondylolisthesis (including pars fracture repair)

Specialties

  • Neurosurgery
  • Spine Surgery

Education

  • Medical School: Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India
  • Residency: Neurosurgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, India
  • Fellowships: Complex Spine Fellow-Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, VA, USA; Complex Spine Fellow, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Norman Carpenter Spinal Fellow, The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK;
  • Professional Education: Master of Surgery: General Surgery, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, India

Medical groups

  • Franciscan Medical Group
  • Puget Sound High Value Network
  • Rainier Health Network

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi

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