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About Me

Professor and Co-Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs for the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Holly is a member of the UCLA Spine Center located in Santa Monica. Dr. Holly's focus is on minimally-invasive and image-guided techniques in the surgical management of degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic spinal disorders.

Membership, Medical Organizations:

  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • National Medical Association
Links
neurosurgery.ucla.edu
uclahealth.org/spinecenter
Primary Office
Spine Center
1131 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 100
Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Phone
310-319-3475
Fax
(424) 259-6930
Medical Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2007
Fellowship
Complex Spine Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, 2002-2002
Residency
Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1996-2001
Internship
General Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 1995-1996
Degree
UCLA School of Medicine, MD, 1995
Interests
  • Adult Tethered Cord
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. Ankylosing means stiff or rigid, spondyl means spine, and itis refers to inflammation. The disease causes inflammation of the spine and large joints, resulting in stiffness and pain.
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  • Artificial Disc
  • Basilar Invagination
  • BMP (Bone Morphogenetic Protein)
  • Bone Protein Implant
  • Cervical Spine

    Cervical Spondylosis

    Cervical spondylosis is a type of degenerative disease that affects your neck. Normally, soft disks between the bones in your spine (called vertebrae) provide cushioning. With cervical spondylosis, these disks become squeezed (compressed). 
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  • Chiari Malformation
  • Craniocervical Junction Decompression & Fusion
  • Disk Degeneration
  • Disk Herniation

    Lumbar Disk Disease (Herniated Disk)

    Lumbar disk disease occurs when the spongy disks between the vertebrae bulge out or rupture. Lumbar disk disease is caused by a change in the structure of the normal disk. Most of the time, disk disease happens as a result of aging and the normal break down that occurs within the disk. 
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  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery

    Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

    Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) is surgery on the bones of your spine (backbone). It uses smaller incisions than standard surgery and causes less pain and faster recovery.
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  • Facet Joint Syndrome
  • Fracture of Spine
  • Laminectomy

    Laminectomy

    Laminectomy is a type of surgery in which a surgeon removes part or all of the vertebral bone (lamina). This helps relieve compression of the spinal cord or the nerve roots that may be caused by injury, herniated disk, spinal stenosis (narrowing of the canal), or tumors.
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  • Lumbar Tumor Surgery
  • Microsurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

    Methods of Surgery

    An "open" surgery means cutting the skin and tissues so that the surgeon has a full view of the structures or organs involved. Minimally invasive surgery is a relatively new approach that allows the patient to recuperate faster with less pain. Not all conditions are suitable for this type of surgery.
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  • Myelopathy
  • Neck Pain

    Neck Pain

    Your neck is at risk for injury because of its location and range-of-motion. Neck pain can be caused by injury, age, or inflammatory disorders. Neck pain can range from mild discomfort to disabling, chronic pain.
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  • Nerve Tumor

    Neurological Disorders

    Here is a list of nervous system disorders that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional.
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  • Nonunion Trauma
  • Oncology

    Cancer Overview

    Cancer cells don't function properly, and they can spread to many areas of the body. Tumors are clusters of cells that are capable of growing and dividing uncontrollably; their growth is not regulated.
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  • Pars Defect of Lumbar Spine
  • Pars Defect Repair
  • Platybasia
  • Radiculopathy

    Pinched Nerve

    Radiculopathy, commonly called pinched nerve, is most likely to occur in your lower back (lumbar radiculopathy), but it can also affect your neck (cervical radiculopathy) or other parts of your spinal cord.  
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  • Re-open Surgery
  • Re-operation Surgery
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term (chronic) disease that causes inflammation of the joints. The inflammation can be so severe that it affects how the joints and other parts of the body look and function.
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  • Schwannoma

    Acoustic Neuroma

    Acoustic neuroma is a rare noncancer tumor. It affects hearing and balance when the tumor presses on the nerves in the inner ear.
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  • Sciatica

    Sciatica

    Sciatica, also called lumbar radiculopathy, is a pain that originates along your sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body. The pain extends from the back of your pelvis down the back of your thigh.
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  • Spinal Compression Fracture & Fusion

    Compression Fracture

    A compression fracture is a type of break in the bones in your back that stack up to form your spine. A compression fracture can cause back pain, limited movement, a decrease in height, and a stopped over posture. It often develops as a result of osteoporosis.
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  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Fusion

    Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion

    Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure to join 2 or more bones of your spine together permanently. A minimally invasive spinal fusion uses a smaller cut (incision) than a traditional spinal fusion surgery.
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  • Spinal Infections

    Overview of Nervous System Disorders

    Disorders of the nervous system include stroke, infections, such as meningitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and functional disorders, such as headache and epilepsy.
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  • Spinal Tumor

    Spinal Cord Tumor Overview

    Spinal cord tumors are fairly uncommon. It's much more common to develop a brain tumor than a tumor on the spinal cord. A spinal cord tumor may form inside the spinal cord itself or around the bones that make up the spine.
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  • Spine

    Anatomy of the Spine

    Your backbone, also called the vertebral column, is made up of 33 vertebrae separated by spongy disks.
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  • Spine / Back Surgery
  • Spine Minimally Invasive

    Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

    Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) is surgery on the bones of your spine (backbone). It uses smaller incisions than standard surgery and causes less pain and faster recovery.
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  • Spine Surgery Instrumentation
  • Spine Trauma (Complex & Fresh)

    Acute Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

    Car accidents, falls, and other injuries are a common cause of acute spinal cord injury. Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic injury that bruises, partially or completely tears the spinal cord. SCI is a common cause of permanent disability and death in children and adults.
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  • Spondylolisthesis/Spondylolysis

    Overuse Injuries

    Detailed information on overuse injuries in children, including jumper's knee, patellar tendonitis, little leaguers' elbow, little leaguers' shoulder, osteochondritis dissecans, Sever's disease, shin splints, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease, spondylolisthesis, and spondylolysis
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  • Sports Spine Injury Disorder
  • Synovial Cyst

    Baker Cyst

    A Baker cyst (popliteal cyst) is a fluid-filled sac that forms behind the knee.
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  • Syringomyelia
  • Unstable Spine
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