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Dr. Jared D. Ament, M.D., M.P.H

Neurosurgeon

Dr. Jared D. Ament is a board eligible fellowship-trained neurosurgeon. He specializes in complex and minimally invasive brain and spine surgery, using the latest technologies, including neuronavigation, motrion preservation, and robotics. He focuses on the management of spinal deformity, degenerative spine diseases, brain and spine tumors, facial pain/spasm syndromes (trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia). Dr. Ament is an advocate for motion preserving spine surgery and technology for the appropriate patients (artificial cervical and lumbar discs).  He is involved in 3 FDA articial disc clinical trials and even an artificial facet trial.
Dr. Jared Ament, M.D., M.P.H
  • Santa Monica, California
  • University of Toronto
  • Accepting new patients

Surgery duration

Hi - everyone is different but most experienced surgeons can do this in under 2-hours. On average, I would say it takes me 1.5 hours.

I'm losing feeling in two fingers?

If there is direct trauma to her hand then this is not something that a neurosurgeon usually manages. She needs to see her PCP and get a referral to a hand surgeon.