USA Health offers endoscopic spine surgery with the addition of neurosurgeon
Marc Manix, M.D., FAANS, says his surgical interests lie in oncology, spine, trauma, and critical care medicine.
By Jessica Jones
jtjones@health.southalabama.edu
USA Health welcomes Marc Manix, M.D., FAANS, a neurosurgeon specially trained in endoscopic spine surgery with extensive experience in treating level I trauma cases.
Manix joins USA Health from Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California. His surgical interests lie in oncology, spine, trauma and critical care medicine. Manix is skilled in spinal surgery with more than 2,000 operations performed for trauma, degenerative conditions, deformity and complex spine, and is proficient in minimally invasive techniques. He has completed more than 200 craniotomies for tumors and has comprehensive training in the management of trauma and critically ill patients.
Manix said he chose to practice at an academic system because he believes it is the best fit for his personality and the type of work he enjoys, which is a breadth of cases and the opportunity to teach.
“I am excited and really enjoy teaching medical students, residents and fellows,” said Manix. “I started a solo neurosurgical practice in a rural area after residency, and I built that into a successful practice until COVID. I joined a private group at a community hospital after COVID. I've been in different types of practices, and I find the academic setting to be the best fit.”
Manix has been interested in the field of neurosurgery since he was young, his fascination growing the more he learned.
“Neurosurgery is a field with a very promising future and a lot of areas of research in terms of both understanding how the brain works, but also figuring out how to treat diseases from tumors to traumatic brain injuries to Alzheimer’s,” Manix said. “The knowledge and ability to understand and treat disorders of the nervous system is still in its infancy, and it is exciting to think about future breakthroughs and their impact on our society.”
Conditions treated by Manix includes spinal stenosis, degenerative spine or disc disease, spinal cord injury, spinal fractures, Chiari malformation, brain cancers, hydrocephalus, intracranial hematoma, traumatic brain injuries, and carpal tunnel syndrome, among others.
Manix graduated from medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed his neurosurgery residency at Louisiana State University/LSU Health in Shreveport, Louisiana.
