About
The Backbone
Dr. Christopher Ahuja, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAANS, is a fellowship-trained Neurosurgeon at Northwestern Medicine specializing in complex spine and brain procedures. He leads the Neural Repair and Regeneration Lab for Brain and Spine Disorders at the Simpson-Querrey Research Institute, Northwestern University, as well as the Spine Biomechanics and Innovation Lab at Central Dupage Hospital. He is also Director of the Spine Tissue Bank at Northwestern University which houses a unique set of clinical specimens being used to discover novel therapeutic for spinal diseases.