Perry J. Argires, MD, FACs

Dr Perry Argires practices General Neurosurgery, with an emphasis in treating Spinal Disorders. He is a leading expert in Disc replacement surgery. He also utilizes Minimally Invasive techniques to treat common problems such as Herniated discs and Spinal Stenosis. Dr Argires also has extensive experience in Spinal Fusion Surgeries, resection of Spinal Tumors, Spinal Cord Stimulation and reconstruction for deformity. In his practice he also treats Brain tumors and performs Stereotactic Biopsy.

He is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He did his Neurosurgery Residency at the University of Alabama, and served as Chief Resident in his final year. He is Board Certified in Neurological Surgery, and is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, a member of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the Pennsylvania State Society of Neurosurgeons.

Louis A. Marotti, MD, PhD

Louis A. Marotti is a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of adult degenerative spinal disease, spinal instability, adult spine deformity, spinal fractures, neurostimulation for chronic pain, and tumors of the brain and spine. Dr. Marotti received his MD degree from the Yale University School of Medicine and PhD in Neuroscience from Yale University Graduate School.

He completed fellowship training in spine surgery at New England Baptist Hospital, formerly part of the Harvard Healthcare System, in Boston, MA. He is a member of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society, and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Marotti
is Board Certified in Neurological Surgery. He currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Lancaster Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Steven M. Falowski

Neurosurgical residency training at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia with a focus on Spinal Cord Stimulation and Pain management, complex spinal procedures, and treatment for movement disorders such as deep brain stimulation.

• Graduate functional neurosurgical fellow- ship at Rush University in Chicago

• Member, American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurology, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society

• Board member and secretary for the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), as well as annual meeting program chair

• Course director of the annual NANS spinal cord stimulation/ neuromodulation workshop that is the largest training course available.

• Involved in numerous clinical research studies and novel developments for spinal cord stimulation, pain management, deep brain stimulation, and spinal procedures.

• Winner of the research award at the PAN Philadelphia Neurosurgical Conference in 2009 for his work dealing with DBS
  in a depression model and its effect on neuroplasticity.

• Board Certified

Jarod B. John, MD

• Graduate of Wake Forest University – Baptist Medical Center

• Graduate of Temple University School of Medicine

• Member, American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurology, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society

• Member, American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

• Board Certified

Dr. Jack Smith

Dr. Smith received his medical degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. He also completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation and fellowship in interventional pain management at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Va.

“Pain is debilitating and as care providers, we never want to see our patients in pain,” says Dr. Smith. “My goal is to work with my patients to understand how and why they are feeling pain, and develop a treatment plan to manage their pain and restore their quality of life.”

Education: Temple University School of Medicine

Residency and Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital

Certifications: American Board of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Pain Medicine

Conditions and Procedures:

• Pain Management

• Peripheral joint injections

• Epidural steroid injections

• Facet joint injections

• SI joint injections

• Medial branch block and radio-frequency ablation

• Sympathetic nerve blocks

• Nerve blocks with US guidance

• Chemodenervations of nerves with RFA and / or neuroytics

• Geniculate nerve RFA for post TKA pain and patients who are not a candidate for TKA

• Botox for migraines and spasticity

• Occipital nerve blocks with US guidance

• Spinal chord stimulation trials and implants

• Peripheral nerve stimulation

• Intrathecal pump management and implantation for primary cancer pain

• Trigger point injections

• EMG / NCS