Salim Rahman, MD, FACS - SPRINGFIELD NEUROLOGICAL AND SPINE INSTITUTE

My wife has been with him for about 18 years and 2 difficult surgeries including caging her spine. After healing, she never had another problem. Her life was normal. I was evacuated in on two separate occasions. Broken neck at c2. Given A 1% chance to survive. Stopped breathing twice, put on life support. Obviously, to everyone's amazement, I survived. Not only that, I am thriving today. I owe that to the superior care I got from NTICU under Dr. Rahman's direction. I owe him my life. A big thanks to Linda also. What a Princess. His team is just extraordinary. So recently I am once again air evacuated to NTICU with bleeding on the brain. Again in the hands of Dr. Rahman. Thank God! I was returned to my original condition and released from him to return to a normal life. I cannot say enough good about him and his wonderful staff. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Dr. Rahman has done two surgeries on me. He did my herniated neck at C3/C4 and used titanium rod, plates and screws, in 2001. He also repaired lower back herniation, in 2015. Both surgeries a complete success! I am currently in need of another surgery, so back to Dr. Rahman I go! He is exceptionally thorough and he won’t do surgery if he doesn’t believe it will help you. His thoroughness has included Myelogram and alternative means of isolating the pain, ie, facet injections, rhizotomy (nerve ablation). I’m glad this doctor doesn’t rush right into cutting. The way I originally discovered Dr. Rahman was I asked all of my different doctors, “if you needed this surgery, who would you want to do it?” The answer, more than once, was Salim Rahman. If he’s good enough and trusted enough for my doctors to say they’d want him to do their surgery, then he’s more than good enough for me. Thank you Dr Rahman for being the open, honest, and caring doctor that you are.

He is nice, does an awesome job with surgery, and his staff is the best I’ve ever dealt with!! If your having a bad back problem I would highly recommended him! They do everything from shots in the back to major surgery. Unfortunately I had to go with the major surgery. I’m 8 months out, and it’s better than it was before and seems to be getting better. Can only hope, but if I ever have to have another one this would be my choice. Springfield area is lucky to have a surgeon of this quality !!