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Partnering with you
to make sound decisions

 

A partnership
for your health

 

Contemporary
brain and spine care

 

Helping you lead
an active life

At East Bay Brain & Spine we treat a wide variety of neurosurgical conditions, providing our patients with world-class care, so they can maintain their active lifestyle.

Specialities

We offer our patients personalized, world-class solutions for treatment of brain, spine, and peripheral nerve conditions.

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Approach

Our founder, Dr. Merkow believes in educating patients and partnering with them to make well-informed healthcare decisions.

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Practice

Our walnut creek office is conveniently located just across the street from the region’s premiere Medical Center—John Muir Health.

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Dr. Merkow provided care and guidance, working with my team of physicians to come to a diagnosis in a complicated case. The confidence I had in Dr Merkow's advice and human kindness, helped me through a difficult time… Thanks Doc, I'm on the mend!

Richard F.Walnut Creek, CA
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Dr. Merkow is very pleasant and easy to talk to. He allowed time for me to ask questions. I didn't feel rushed at all.

Validated Patient
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[Dr. Merkow] is smart, knowledgable.

Isao H.Walnut Creek, CA
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Both staff and Dr. Merkow were friendly and professional. My diagnosis was explained clearly and understandably. I felt valued as a patient, and adequate time was spent with my issues and the recommendations for ongoing treatment.

Paul S.Concord, CA
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Dr. Merkow is the ONLY surgeon I would recommend for neurological care or surgery. He is a top-notch surgeon and displays a warm and caring attitude toward his patients.

Validated PatientMartinez, CA
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Thanks for everything! I love having my life back.

Terry W.Concord, CA
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Dr. Maxwell Merkow is a magician! I was diagnosed with lumbar stenosis and suffered severe back and leg pain for more than 10 months. Finally I was referred to Dr.. Merkow and he pinpointed the source of my pain was due to a Thoracic Myelopathy. It was so severe that I can be paralyzed from the waist down at any moment. Dr. Merkow scheduled and completed my operation in less than a week. He gave me the chance to have a quality life again. His office staff is efficient and professional.

Johnny Y.San Ramon, CA
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Dr. Merkow came into the hospital on his Sabbath and did an urgent spinal surgery on my multi-handicapped son and was reassuring and attentive to me in describing how Dan's spine had split due to un detected fracture from 6 weeks prior. He was so concerned that it be done urgently because of potential damage to the spinal cord. He clearly offered me an alternative approach, but I just knew they weren't viable and too risky.

Cecile H.Walnut Creek, CA
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Dr. Merkow was very thorough in explaining the results of the scans and answering my questions. He spent the time I needed to get comfortable with a procedure I was pretty nervous about. He is a calm, reassuring, and most importantly, very competent neurosurgeon. The results of my surgery have been wonderful… I notice continuing improvements on a daily basis.

Validated PatientWalnut Creek, CA
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Dr,. Merkow performed ACDF to relieve cervical spinal compression for me. He was very thorough in explaining the results of the scans and answering my questions, He spent the time I needed get comfortable with a procedure I was pretty nervous about. He is a calm, reassuring, and most importantly, very competent neuro-surgeon. The results of my surgery have been wonderful. Many of my pre-surgery symptoms improved within days, and one month out, I notice continuing improvements on a daily basis.

Validated PatientBerkeley, CA