CRAIG R. WOLFF, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
BIOGRAPHY OF CRAIG R. WOLFF, M.D.
Dr. Craig R. Wolff was the Assistant Chief of Spine Surgery at the Bonati Institute from 1999 to 2003. He comes back to us after working as a Spine Surgeon at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, FL, Chief of Spine Surgery at Laserscopic Spine Centers of America, LLC in St. Petersburg, FL, assistant Chief of Spine Surgery at Microspine in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Doctor Wolff’s professional education includes a Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at The Bonati Institute from 1999-2000, a Residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, from 1990-1995. Dr. Wolff attended medical school at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1986-1990, with an Undergraduate A.B. Degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, 1982-1986.
Dr. Wolff earned Honors at the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society in 1990, a National Science Foundation Grant in 1987, Magna cum Laude at Princeton University in 1986, and Argus Grant for Research at Princeton University, 1984-1986.
Dr. Wolff has written several publications, including Treatment of Dural Tears Induced by Arthroscopic Spine Surgery with Epidural Patch, The Journal of the Southern Orthopedic Association, Vol. 10, 2001, Arthroscopic Laser Facet Rhizotomy for Chronic Low Back Pain, The Journal of the Southern Orthopedic Association, Vol. 10, 2001, Use of TENS for Postoperative Pain after Spinal Arthroscopic Surgery, The Journal of the Southern Orthopedic Association, Vo. 9, 2000, and Arthroscopic Posterior Cervical Foramenoplasty, The Journal of the Southern Orthopedic Association, Vol. 9, 2000. He has made several presentations, as follows: Arthroscopic Posterior Cervical Foramenoplasty, American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2000, Posterior Thoracic Endoscopy for Degenerative Thoracic Disc Disease, American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2000, Arthroscopic Laser Facet Rhizotomy for Chronic Low Back Pain, American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2000, Arthroscopic Posterior Foramenoplasty, World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 2000, Arthroscopic Lumbar Transforaminal Laser Discectomy and Foramenoplasty, World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery,, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2000, Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy, World Congress of Minimally invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2000, Arthroscopic Posterior Foramenoplasty, Southern Medical Association, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2001.
Dr. Wolff is certified by the American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery, 1999, and is licensed to practice in both Florida and Alabama.