Paul R. Jeffords, MD

Dr. Paul Jeffords is an expert in adult spinal disorders who is at the cutting edge of technologies that improves the lives of thousands of patients suffering from back pain, neck pain, herniated discs, stenosis and sciatica. Dr. Jeffords, a board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon, has been in practice in Atlanta with Resurgens Orthopaedics—Georgia’s largest orthopaedic practice – since 2005.

He is is former co-medical director of Resurgens Spine Center. Dr. Jeffords surgical expertise is in minimally invasive spine surgery, reconstructive spinal deformity surgery, cervical spine surgery, and artifical disc replacement. He has instructed many other surgeons on disc replacement surgery and minimally invasive techniques and is currently involved in several clinical trials. Dr. Jeffords has authored multiple research publications and book chapters and presented talks at numerous spine meetings.

He serves as an advisory consultant to several medical device and biotechnology companies. Dr. Jeffords is section chief of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta which has been ranked among the top ten percent in the nation for overall orthopedic care according to a comprehensive study released by HealthGrades. In 2006, U.S. News & World Report named Saint Joseph’s one of the top 50 Orthopaedic hospitals in the nation for the second consecutive year.