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Neurological Surgery
spine deformity (scoliosis, flatback syndrome), spinal tumors, spinal cord stimulation, endoscopic spine surgery, deep brain stimulation
Dr. Michael Y. Oh is a board-certified UCI Health neurosurgeon who specializes in spine disorders as well as stereotactic and functional neurosurgery for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
His clinical interests include endoscopic spine surgery, spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, spine tumors and spine deformities.
Oh earned his medical degrees from the Keck School of Medicine at USC in Los Angeles and at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. He completed an internship in surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., followed by a research fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. He then completed a neurosurgery residency at Allegheny General Hospital, where he served as chief resident.
His research interests include developing advances in robotics for neurosurgical procedures. He holds a patent for a device for the minimally invasive removal of blood clots in the brain. His research has been published in prominent journals, including the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neural Plasticity and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant with the National Football League.
He sees patients at Gottschalk Medical Plaza, UCI Medical Center, UCI Health — Irvine and UCI Health — Yorba Linda.
