Dr. Jacob N Young MD
Neurosurgeon
500 Martha Jefferson Drive 5th Floor Charlottesville VA, 22911About
Dr. Jacob Young practices Neurological Surgery in Charlottesville, VA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Young prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
Provider Details
Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Herniated Disc
- Birth Defects
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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