Overview
Dr. Salari is a Board Certified, Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon with specialized training in the operative and non-operative treatment of pathologic conditions affecting the spine. His treatment philosophy exhausts all means of conservative care and less invasive surgical techniques before ever recommending spinal fusion. He specializes in ultra-minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery and cervical artificial disc replacement. These surgical techniques are excellent spine fusion alternatives and have the highest patient satisfaction scores. Spine fusion alternatives are usually ultra or minimally-invasive tissue-sparing approaches that allow for the fastest recovery times and minimize postoperative pain.
Dr. Salari is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Herniated Disk, Cervical Disc Surgery, and Herniated Disc Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Spinal Stenosis.
Insurance
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Locations
1635 E Myrtle Ave, Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ 85020
8630 E Via De Ventura, Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
3487 S Mercy Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85297
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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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
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Herniated Disc SurgeryDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery.
- Herniated DiskDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- LaminectomyDr. Salari isAdvanced. Learn about Laminectomy.
- Experienced
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Salari isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Salari isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Sacroiliac Joint DiseaseDr. Salari isExperienced. Learn about Sacroiliac Joint Disease.
- SciaticaDr. Salari isExperienced. Learn about Sciatica.
- ScoliosisDr. Salari isExperienced. Learn about Scoliosis.