James C. Thurmond, MD

Neurosurgery

4.8 with 177 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

James C. Thurmond, MD

Neurosurgery

4.8 with 177 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Dr. Thurmond is a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health physician.

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Abnormal Vertebrae
Absent Vertebrae
Accessory Nerve Injury
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Anaplastic Ependymoma
Anaplastic Mixed Glioma
Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
Aneurysms
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
Arachnoid Cyst
Arnold Chiari Malformation
Arterial Malformation of the Brain
Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Cervical Spine
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Lumbar Spine
Astrocytic Cancer
Astrocytoma Tumors
Back Spinal Tumor
Back Spine Injury (Lumbar Spine Injury)
Back Surgery
Berry Aneurysm
Biological Enhancement of Spinal Fusion
Biopsy of the Brain
Biopsy of the Skull
Bone Cyst
Bone Growth Stimulator
Bone Tumors
Brachial Nerve Tumor
Brachial Plexus Injury
Brain Aneurysm (Cerebral Aneurysm)
Brain Aneurysm Clipping
Brain Laceration
Brain Metastasis
Brain Surgery
Brain Tumor
Brain Tumor Bleeding
Broken Coccyx
Bulging Disc
Burr Hole
Carotid Artery Disease
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cavernous Malformation (Cavernoma)
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Central Nervous System Tumors
Central Venous Stenosis
Cerebellar Tumor
Cerebral Angiogram
Cerebral Cyst
Cerebral Decompression
Cerebral Edema
Cerebral Hernia
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak
Cervical Arthritis
Cervical Bone Spur
Cervical Compression Fracture
Cervical Decompression
Cervical Deformity
Cervical Disc Degeneration
Cervical Disc Disease
Cervical Disc Displacement
Cervical Disc Herniation
Cervical Laminoplasty
Cervical Laminotomy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Revision Surgery
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Cervical Steroid Injection
Chiari Decompression
Cholesteatoma
Chordoma
Coccyx Injury
Colloid Cyst
Complex Spinal Deformities
Complex Spinal Surgery
Compression Fracture
Congenital Malformation of the Spine
Cordotomy
Cranial Nerve Disorders
Cranial Nerve Injuries
Cranial Nerve Palsy
Cranial Puncture
Craniectomy
Craniocervical Junction Surgery
Craniopharyngioma
Craniotomy
CSF Shunt Removal
Decompression Laminectomy
Decompression Median Nerve At Elbow
Degenerative Spine Conditions
Disc Arthroplasty
Disc Replacement
Disc Surgery
Diskectomy
Dorsal Column Stimulator
Dural Based Tumor
Dystonia
Encephalocele Repair
Endoscopic Fusion
Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Ependymoma
Epidural Hematoma
Epidural Hemorrhage
Epidural Steroid Injection
Extradural Abscess
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
Facet Injection
Facet Surgery
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
Fibrillary Astrocytoma
Flatback Syndrome
Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
Foot Drag
Ganglioglioma Neurocytoma
Ganglioma
Ganglioneuroblastoma
Ganglioneurocytoma
Germ Cell Tumors
Germinoma
Glioblastoma
Glioma
Gliomatosis Cerebri
Gliosarcoma
Glomus Jugulare Tumor
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Growing Rods
Head and Neck Osteoma
Head Reconstruction
Hemangioblastoma
Hemangiopericytoma
Herniated Disc
Hydrocephalus
Image Guided Biopsy of the Spine
Injury of Optic Chiasm
Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
Intracranial Abscess
Intracranial Hemangioma
Intracranial Hemorrhage
Intracranial Mass
Intraoperative MRI
Intraspinal Abscess
Intraventricular Tumor
Junctional Kyphosis
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA)
Kyphoplasty
Kyphosis
Laminectomy
Laminoplasty
Lateral Access Spine Surgery
Leptomeningeal Disease
Lesion of Median Nerve
Lesion of Popliteal Nerve
Lesion of Posterior Tibial Nerve
Lesion of Sciatic Nerve
Lesion Removal Surgery (Lesionectomy)
Lhermitte-Duclos Disease
Lipomyelomeningocele
Lordosis
Low Back Surgery
Lower Back Injuries
Lower Back Pain
Lumbar Drain
Lumbar Scoliosis
Lumbar Spinal Fracture
Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Lumbar Spinal Mass
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar Stress Fracture
Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Malignant Neoplasm of the Brain Stem
Malignant Neoplasm of the Cerebellum
Malignant Neoplasm of the Frontal Lobe
Malunion Fracture of the Spine
Medulloblastoma
Medulloepithelioma
Meningioma
Meningocele
Metastatic Brain Cancer (Secondary Brain Cancer)
Microdiscectomy
Microneurosurgery
Microsurgery
Microsurgical Laminoplasty
Microvascular Surgery
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Myelopathy
Myelopathy Surgery
Myxopapillary Ependymoma
Neck Fracture (Cervical Spine Fracture)
Neck Fusion Surgery (Cervical Fusion Surgery)
Neck Injury
Neck Masses and Lumps
Neck Pain
Neck Surgery
Neck Tumor
Needle Biopsy of Brain
Needle Biopsy of Cerebral Meninges
Nerve Sheath Tumor
Neuroblastoma
Neuroendoscopy
Neurogenic Claudication
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Neuronal Glial Tumors
Nonruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
Occipito-Cervical Fusion
Oligoastrocytoma
Oligodendroglioma
Open Biopsy of the Brain
Optic Nerve Decompression
Optic Nerve Glioma
Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Paraganglioma
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Peripheral Nerve Tumor
Peripheral Schwannoma
Periventricular Lesion
Periventricular Mass
Personal History of Malignant Neoplasm of Brain
Petrous Apex Tumor
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Pineal Gland Parenchymal Tumor
Pineal Tumor
Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation and Fusion
Post-Laminectomy Kyphosis
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
Primary Brain Tumor
Primary CNS Lymphoma
Radiculopathy
Revision of Spinal Surgery
Robotic Spine Surgery
Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
Sacroiliitis
Scheuermann Disease
Schwannomatosis
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Scoliosis Surgery
Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
Skull Base Approach
Skull Base Tumor
Skull Fracture
Spina Bifida
Spinal Abscess
Spinal Abscess Surgery
Spinal Cord Anomaly
Spinal Cord Cancer
Spinal Cord Compression
Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Spinal Cord Surgery
Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal Cyst Removal
Spinal Deformity
Spinal Dural Graft
Spinal Fracture
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Instrumentation
Spinal Mass
Spinal Meningioma
Spinal Microsurgery
Spinal Reconstruction
Spinal Schwannoma
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Tethering for Scoliosis
Spinal Tumor
Spine Deformity
Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
Spine Injury
Spondylectomy
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Spondylosis Surgery
Spondylosis With Myelopathy
Spondylosyndesis
Standard Transsphenoidal Approach
Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subdural Hematoma (Subdural Hemorrhage)
Subdural Hemorrhage
Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
Subpial Transection
Superior Canal Dehiscence
Surgery for Sciatica
Surgery for Spasticity
Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy
Syringobulbia
Syringomyelia
Tarlov Cysts
Temporal Lobectomy (Temporal Lobe Resection)
Temporal Tumor
Tethered Spinal Cord
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Thoracic Laminectomy
Thoracic Spinal Fracture
Thoracic Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Spinal Injury
Thoracic Spinal Mass
Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
Thoracic Spinal Tumor
Trigeminal Neuralgia (Nerve Pain)
Ulnar Nerve Decompression
Ulnar Nerve Surgery
Vascular Brain Tumor
Vascular Malformations of the Brain
Vascular Malformations of the Spine
Ventricular Shunt
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt Surgery
Ventriculostomy
Vertebrae Surgery
Vertebral Epiphysitis
Vertebral Fracture
Vertebral Stapling
Vertebroplasty
X-Stop Surgery

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Board Certification

Neurological Surgery, 2014

Education and Training

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University Hospital; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Primary Location

LG Health Physicians NeuroScience & Spine Associates

Lancaster General Health Crooked Oak
1671 Crooked Oak Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601

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LG Health Physicians NeuroScience & Spine Associates Lebanon

1701 Cornwall Road
Lebanon, PA 17042

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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