General Info

Dr. Lynch is one of a handful of spine surgeons with three fellowships in the specialty of spine surgery. Known as a national leader in outpatient spine surgery, he has been a consultant neurosurgeon in the Reno area since 2000. Dr. Lynch serves as a Partner and Director of Spine Services at Regent Surgical Health, a company involved in developing hospitals and ASC outpatient surgery centers. Dr. Lynch is Chairman and Director of Spine Programs at Surgery Center of Reno. He previously held the role of Chief of Neurosurgery at St. Mary's Hospital. Dr. Lynch is also proficient in endoscopic spine surgery techniques. Dr. Lynch has been performing minimally invasive spine surgery techniques since 2002. He was the first neurosurgeon in Reno to perform MIS TLIF and MAS PLIF procedures and the first to perform both cervical and lumbar artificial disc replacements. Dr. Lynch performs over 600 spine surgeries per year in both hospital and outpatient center settings. He is recognized as an expert in cervical spine disorders and performs over 200 cervical spine fusions a year. Dr. Lynch also contributes as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He is published in leading journals, including Spine: Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery. Dr. Lynch is a member of the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and the Society of Lateral Access Surgery. He earned his medical degree from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, followed by a Mayo Clinic residency in Rochester, MN. Dr. Lynch completed a spine fellowship under Alan Crockard, MD, at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queens Square, London, UK. At the prestigious Mayo Clinic, Dr. Lynch finished a spine fellowship and an additional spine fellowship under Volker Sonntag, MD, at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Lynch is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.