Dr. Metzger has relocated to Arizona and has joined Barrow Brain and Spine. He is primarily based at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and the new office address is:

Barrow Brain and Spine
(Gilbert office)
3420 S. Mercy Rd, Ste 221
Gilbert, AZ 85297
(480) 681-7374

Our Services

Patient Information

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Neurologic disorders we treat include (but are not limited to) the following diagnoses:

Brain

  • Malignant brain tumors including gliomas and brain metastases
  • Benign brain tumors including meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, pituitary adenomas
  • Functional disorders including trigeminal neuralgia, Parkinson disease, and essential tremor
  • Chiari malformation

Spine – we treat a broad spectrum of spinal disorders including those affecting the cervical and lumbar spine

  • Disc herniation and degenerative disc disease
  • Stenosis
  • Spondylolisthesis and instability
  • Spinal tumors

Procedures we perform include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion
  • Cervical disc replacement (Mobi C)
  • Craniotomy
  • Deep brain stimulation
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery
  • Lumbar decompression
  • Lumbar fusion
  • Microdecompression (tubular retractor)
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Minimally invasive fusions including XLIF and TLIF
  • Robotic assisted spinal fusion surgery, minimally invasive and "open" (using Globus Excelsius GPS)
  • Posterior cervical fusion
  • Stereotactic biopsy
  • Endoscopic trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary adenoma

Patient Education information on these disorders and procedures can be found by viewing our patient education animations. Additional information can also be found at the Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons website and the Spine Universe website.