Overview
Dr. Frank Kuwamura is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon with more than 19 years of experience treating conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He specializes in fractures, spinal stenosis, arthritis, tumors, spinal deformities, infections, sciatica, and degenerative disc disease.
He began his career as a Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves, serving at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and later as Department Head at Naval Hospital Corpus Christi.
Today, as founder and chief spine surgeon at MD Spine Care & Orthopaedics in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Kuwamura provides both advanced surgical solutions and regenerative therapies such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell treatments.
He is also an innovator in medical device design and has participated in landmark clinical trials, including the Blackstone cervical disk replacement and Emulex annular repair studies.
Dr. Kuwamura is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fractured Spine. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Herniated Disk, Laminectomy, and Vertebroplasty.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE SNP
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
3503 Paesanos Pkwy, Shavano Park, TX 78231
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kuwamura has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
South Texas Spinal Clinic, P.A.
Paul Geibel is an Orthopedics provider in San Marcos, Texas. Dr. Geibel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fractured Spine. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Fractured Spine, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Geibel is currently accepting new patients.
The University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio
Jeffrey Hills is an Orthopedics provider in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Hills is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fractured Spine. His top areas of expertise are Lordosis, Kyphosis, Fractured Spine, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy. Dr. Hills is currently accepting new patients.
Guy Fogel is an Orthopedics provider in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Fogel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Fractured Spine. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Scoliosis, Spinal Fusion, and Microdiscectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Spinal StenosisDr. Kuwamura isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Kuwamura isAdvanced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Experienced
- Bone GraftDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- BursitisDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- CoccydyniaDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Coccydynia.
- Fractured SpineDr. Kuwamura isExperienced. Learn about Fractured Spine.