Joseph T. Alexander, MD

Joseph T. Alexander, MD joined Neurosurgery & Spine Associates in January 2007, with over fourteen years of experience in the practice of neurosurgery. Dr. Alexander relocated to Portland with his wife and children from North Carolina, where he most recently served as Assistant Professor and Director of the Spine Fellowship Program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Dr. Alexander received his medical degree from Columbia University and did his internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He has also completed fellowships at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD and Emory University in Atlanta, GA (in complex spinal surgery), as well as having been on the staff of the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Alexander has a particular interest in problems of the spine and spinal cord, including minimally invasive surgery, artificial discs, and spinal fusions. He serves as the 2007 Chairperson of the Spine Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and has been named to Best Doctors in America.