Overview
Richard Chung is a Neurosurgery provider in Santa Barbara, California. Dr. Chung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Klippel-Feil Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Subdural Hematoma, Stroke, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
400 W Pueblo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
5333 Hollister Ave, Suite 250, Goleta, CA 93111
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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UCLA Health
Dr. Michael Dorsi, MD is a neurosurgery specialist in Ventura, CA and has been practicing for 6 years. He specializes in neurosurgery, neurological spine surgery.Dr. Dorsi is a Board-Certified, Fellowship trained Neurosurgeon that has been providing top-notch care to the Ventura County community since 2012. He was born and raised in Stirling, NJ. The fundamental value of helping others and service to the community was instilled in him at an early age by his mother who worked as a nurse and later director of religious education at the local church and father who served the community as a police officer. After completing high school, he attended The Johns Hopkins University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Highest Honors and a degree in Neuroscience. He then earned a medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.While a student, he conducted ground-breaking research in the field of Neuropathic Pain and was awarded the Ronald Tasker Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Harvey Cushing Award from the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery and was a research scholar of the American Association of Neurology. Dr. Dorsi then completed residency training in neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where he trained under some of the most prominent leaders in neurosurgery. In addition to general neurosurgery training. He developed a unique sub-specialty skillset in complex peripheral nerve surgery.During residency, he was awarded a prestigious fellowship from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and dedicated two years to researching spinal cord injury and stem cell transplantation at UCLA. He then returned to Johns Hopkins Hospital and served as Assistant Chief of Service of Neurosurgery.Following residency, Dr. Dorsi was honored as the recipient of the Cloward Fellowship for Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery from the American Academy of Neurological Surgery and completed a one-year minimally invasive and complex spine fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Dorsi joined Ventura County Neurosurgical Associates in 2012. Dr. Dorsi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Klippel-Feil Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, 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
- Distinguished
- Spinal StenosisDr. Chung isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Chung isDistinguished. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- StrokeDr. Chung isDistinguished. Learn about Stroke.
- Subdural HematomaDr. Chung isDistinguished. Learn about Subdural Hematoma.
- Advanced
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- DeliriumDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Delirium.
- Herniated Disc SurgeryDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery.
- Herniated DiskDr. Chung isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Experienced
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Bone GraftDr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- Cerebellum Agenesis HydrocephalyDr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Chung isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.

