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For decades, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates has been committed to making a difference for infants and children in need of brain and spine care.

Through the focused efforts of our practice neurosurgeons at Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, and coordination with Carolinas Medical Center, a local neurosurgical residency program is now a reality. This subspecialty-based program is located at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Quick response, neurosurgical expertise and the promise from a doctor to a patient helped Dean Otto recover from paralysis. He's now raising money for others with spinal cord injuries and just ran a half marathon with his neurosurgeon.

Spasticity experienced by children with cerebral palsy or other neurological disorders impacts every aspect of daily life. 

Forty-seven-year-old Tracy Bari has been physically active her entire life, from competing in gymnastics as a child and on her ski team in college to running marathons and triathlons. As a real estate agent in Destin, Florida, she is constantly on the move. But recently, severe back pain was putting the brakes on her high-energy life and successful career.