
Overview
Dr. Zaidi is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and director of spine research at the Computational Neurosurgical Outcomes Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Given the complex nature of spine diseases, Dr. Zaidi believes in tailoring surgical techniques and individualizing care to treat each patient’s unique set of circumstances. He strongly adheres to the philosophy of caring for his patients as if they were his own family members. Dr. Zaidi believes that developing a surgical plan depends on a thoughtful conversation with his patients and their families and tailoring surgery to meet the patient’s goals and specific needs.Fascinated by the complexity of spinal disorders and the ability of spine surgery to restore function and improve the quality of a patient’s life, he pursued a specialized fellowship in complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity surgery, as well as endoscopic surgery. He integrates novel, minimally invasive techniques and modern technological innovations to treat a variety of spinal pathologies.Dr. Zaidi’s clinical practice is focused on the treatment of global spinal imbalance among patients with degenerative spine disease, tumors and scoliosis; by restoring the natural curvature of the spine, surgery can reduce pain and improve function. His research focuses on developing novel surgical tools to improve the safety and efficacy of surgery, as well as analyzing surgical outcomes in order to improve surgical outcomes.
Dr. Zaidi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hypothalamic Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 119 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, Boston, MA 02115
14 Prospect Street, Hill Building, 2nd Floor Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MA 01757
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
22 Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA 02035
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Zaidi 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.
Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization Inc
John Chi is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Chi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Chi is currently accepting new patients.
Neurosurgery Center Of Southern New England, PC
Charles Kanaly is a Neurosurgery provider in Fall River, Massachusetts. Dr. Kanaly is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Spondylosis, Cervical Myelopathy, Arachnoid Cysts, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Kanaly is currently accepting new patients.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
Dr. Lu is a spine surgeon and an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Additionally, Dr. Lu serves as the Director of Neurosurgical Trauma at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Lu completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He went on to complete his training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and he completed his Spine Fellowship at the University of Miami Department of Neurosurgery.Dr Lu’s clinical practice is focused on minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity and scoliosis correction, spinal tumor (primary and metastasis, and spinal trauma. His research involves spinal cord injury, namely the axon regeneration and locomotion recovery after spinal cord injury. Dr. Lu is committed to putting his patients first and treating his patients as if they were his own family. Dr. Lu is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Epidural Abscess, 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
- Brain TumorDr. Zaidi isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Hypothalamic TumorDr. Zaidi isDistinguished. Learn about Hypothalamic Tumor.
- LaminectomyDr. Zaidi isDistinguished. Learn about Laminectomy.
- Pituitary TumorDr. Zaidi isDistinguished. Learn about Pituitary Tumor.
- Spinal StenosisDr. Zaidi isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- Advanced
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Epidural HematomaDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Epidural Hematoma.
- KyphosisDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Kyphosis.
- LordosisDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Lordosis.
- ScoliosisDr. Zaidi isAdvanced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Bone TumorDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Zaidi isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
