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Address
Texas Back Institute - Denton
3537 South Interstate 35 East Suite 308
Denton, TX 76210
About Stephen Tolhurst, MD
Biography
Stephen Tolhurst, M.D., an orthopaedic spine surgeon, joined the Texas Back Institute team in 2012 from the Cleveland Clinic where he completed his fellowship in spine surgery. Dr. Tolhurst was part of a unique fellowship program which combined orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgery training as well as special training in spinal trauma. He attended medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Mic
Care Philosophy
I treat every patient as though they were a member of my family. My goal is to return patients to the lifestyle they enjoyed before their pain began. I hold surgery as a last resort, and will do everything possible to achieve a great result for you.
Procedures and Conditions Treated
- Back pain
- Bone Diseases & Arthropathies
- Cervical Discectomy
- Cervical Spinal Fusion
- Cervicectomy
- Decompression
- Degenerative Disorders
- Fusion
- Laminectomy
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Discectomy
- Medical Back Problems
- Medical Spine
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Other Decompression Procedures - Spine
- Other Procedures - Spine
- Radical Tumor Resection - Soft Tissue
- Scoliosis And Other Postural Dorsopathic Deformities
- Spinal Fusion - Cervical
- Spinal Fusion - Lumbar/Thoracic
- Spine (Medical)
- Spine (Surgical)
- Spondylopathies/Spondyloarthropathy (Including Infective)
- Tendonitis - Myositis & Bursitis
Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Spine Surgery - Board Certified
Affiliations
- Medical City Plano
- Medical City Denton
Credentials and Education
University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree
2001
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Graduate Degree
2006
University of Michigan
Residency
2011
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship
2012