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Jacob Young, MD
Martha Jefferson Surgical Associates
Jacob Young, MD, received his undergraduate degree in 1982 from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He received his medical degree in 1986 from Duke University, where he also completed his internship in Surgery in 1987, his fellowship in Research of Cellular Mechanism of Ischemic Neuronal Injury in 1991, and his residency in Neurosurgery in 1993. Dr. Young is certified through the American Board of Neurosurgery
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6 Bowers, Christian, Amin Amini, Andrews Dailey, and Meic Schmidt. “Dynamic interspinous process stabilization: review of complications associated with the X-Stop device.” Neurosurgical Focus. 28.6 (2010): E8.
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