For Referring Providers

Refer with confidence. Get your patient back.

Next Era Spine Care exists to be a dependable surgical partner for the primary care physicians, chiropractors, physical therapists, and pain management physicians already caring for these patients — not a place referrals disappear into. A direct line to the surgeon, a same-day callback, and a co-management update once your patient has been seen.

Refer a Patient Meet the Team

Why colleagues refer here

Diagnosis in one visit

On-site imaging review means your patient leaves the first appointment with a real plan, not a referral to start over somewhere else.

Surgery only when indicated

Every case starts with the least invasive path that can work. We tell you plainly why surgery is or isn't the answer.

You stay in the loop

A same-day callback on referral, and a co-management update once your patient has been seen — that's what earns the next one.

Built to work with your practice

The collaboration looks a little different depending on what you do — here's how it typically works.

Primary Care Physicians

Send us the ambiguous back or neck complaint. We sort red-flag from routine fast, and either return your patient with a conservative plan or take the surgical workup off your plate entirely — either way, you get a clear note back.

Chiropractors

We welcome ongoing co-management for mechanical complaints. When imaging or exam findings raise something beyond conservative care, we triage quickly and loop you back in once the surgical question is answered.

Physical Therapists

Most of our patients start with therapy, not surgery, and we mean it. When a plateau or a red flag warrants imaging or a surgical opinion, we evaluate fast and hand the patient right back to your plan of care when surgery isn't indicated.

Pain Management Physicians

A natural extension of interventional care. When conservative and injection-based treatment has plateaued, we provide a straightforward surgical opinion — and when it hasn't, we say so and send the patient back to you.

What we treat

Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar conditions, from routine degenerative complaints to time-sensitive spine infections — see the full list or the surgical procedures we perform.

Cervical Spine (Neck)

Thoracic Spine (Mid-Back)

Lumbar Spine (Low Back)

Seek Care Promptly (spine infections)

Surgical philosophy

Conservative care is the default, not a formality on the way to the OR. We start every case with the least invasive path that can reasonably work, and we recommend surgery when the evidence and the exam actually support it — not because imaging looks abnormal. When surgery is the right call, we favor minimally invasive and computer-navigated technique where the diagnosis supports it, and we're direct about expected benefit, alternatives, and recovery before your patient decides.