Heartland Spine Institute

Specialties

Specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery. Also specializing in treating occupational spine injuries.

History

Established in 2008.

Heartland Spine Institute was founded in 2008 by Dr. Frank Hayward. His vision is to provide exceptional spine care to the region. Dr. Hayward treats conditions of the spine using new technologies that allow him to minimize tissue damage and drastically reduce recovery times. It is our goal to treat every patient the way we would want to be treated.

When patients have exhausted conservative treatment, cervical disc replacement or artificial disc may be an option. Cervical disc replacement may be an option to treat a severely damaged or degenerated cervical disc or when the disc is impinging the nerves. Cervical disc replacement surgery is performed similar to anterior cervical fusion. The implant is designed to allow motion to continue. Therefore, the risk for adjacent segment disease is theoretically lower.

Dr. Hayward will spend the necessary time evaluating your symptoms and discussing the option of cervical disc replacement.

Meet the Business Owner

Dr. Frank H.

Business Owner

I was born in Philadelphia in May of 1965. After high school, I joined the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. I obtained my undergraduate degree at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and then went on to medical school at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. My medical rotation internship was performed at Kennedy Memorial Hospitals and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, also in New Jersey.

I then began my journey into neurosurgery as a neurosurgical resident at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Grandview/​Southview Hospital in Dayton, OH. After my residency, I began a one-​year neurosurgical rotation with an emphasis on spine at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. I then decided to further my passion for spine with additional fellowship training at Harvard/​Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. After 15 years of higher education and training, I was ready to ventur