Nizam Razack, MD, JD, FAANS, FACS
Nizam Razack, MD, JD, FAANS, FACS is founder and president of Spine & Brain Neurosurgery Center. He is board certified in Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Razack completed three post-doctoral fellowships: Reconstructive & Complex Spine Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Neurosurgical Oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer in Houston, Texas, and Orthopedic Spine Deformities at the Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Razack completed his residency at the University of Miami and earned his medical degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1990.
Dr. Razack is a former Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery for Orlando Health where he also served as a member of the Joint Sections Tumor. Dr. Razack also serves as an assistant clinical professor in the department of neurosurgery for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Razack is a former Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation from the University of Miami. He has also served as an educator in Neurosurgery for Barry University.
Dr. Razack is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and a member of the Florida Medical Association.
In May of 2010 Dr. Razack earned his law degree from FAMU College of Law and has become certified by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. He uses his degree to be an advocate for physicians and patients with regard to healthcare legislature and government regulation of health care.
He was also admitted to the Florida Bar and a member of the Orange County Bar Association.
TESTIMONIAL
My buddies who taught me how to ride a bike in a paceline, all knew me when I was vertical. I had injured a disc overdoing it at the gym, I began walking tilted slightly sideways and forward. My friends called me Crooked.
I could still get on a bike but I found myself getting slower. Pain was balled up in my buttocks and my sciatic nerve sent jolts down my leg. It became painful to walk. After eating at restaurants, I’d try to stand next to the chair and act like I was bent over looking in my purse to give myself a chance to straighten up. I started to wonder why my 50-year- old body looked more twisted than that of a 70-year-old.
Everyone had warned me to avoid surgery but I became so debilitated that I met with an orthopedist and a neurosurgeon. Neither made me feel comfortable so I tried physical therapy, hot/cold compressions, epidural cortisone injections, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy, and decompression. I lived on Ibuprofen.
I reached a point that even walking caused excruciating pain. At Easter church service, I could barely stand and sing with the rest of the congregation. At work, I dreaded getting up from my desk. I couldn’t hide the pain and I hated being pitied. My bike just sat in a spare bedroom. I like to think of myself as a pretty strong person emotionally but one night I just locked myself in the bathroom and cried and cried.
One of my friends really understood the four walls of pain that surrounded me. She had a friend who was an operating room nurse and got to see surgeons perform. She said I should see Dr. Razack. When I finally got in to see him, he was so calm and studied that I felt hopeful. He didn’t just glance at the notes of the technician who had written a report about my MRI – as the orthopedic surgeon had done. He carefully reviewed the MRI films and he explained exactly what was going on with my back. Unconvinced I needed surgery, he ordered a new set of MRIs. Within a day of getting them, he reviewed the new films and told me he could help me.
I checked into Sand Lake Hospital about 7 a.m. for tests and the surgery was about 10:45. When I awoke after my surgery, my husband helped me get up and – for the first time in two years _ there was no bolt of electricity charging down my leg.
Within four days of surgery I was, somewhat gingerly, walking two miles a day. A week afterward, I felt so good I actually wanted to go back to work, even though my medical leave gave me three weeks off.
Three weeks after surgery, my friends came and got me for a recovery bike ride. Six months later, one buddy and I biked 100 miles a day for five days straight.
No pain. No doctors. And no one calls me crooked.
PAIN MANAGEMENT
We offer Epidural Spinal Injection therapies for back pain relief. Spinal injection therapies may help to reduce pain, and/or delay or avoid the need for surgical intervention.
SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY
We offer the latest surgical technologies for the spine and brain. For pain caused by sciatica, disc herniation or degeneration, we offer minimally invasive procedures with less recovery time. Our surgeons are board certified.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
For our patients convenience, we have incorporated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) into our practice. Our patients can be scanned and seen by their physician on the same day. We utilize our MRI for surgical planning.