Christopher Baker, MD

2024 Top Doctors & Premier - Neurological Surgery

Dr. Christopher Baker is a board certified and Gamma Knife-certified neurosurgeon. As a co-founder of Orlando Neurosurgery and the Medical Director of the Florida Hospital Orlando Spine Center, Dr. Baker helps patients with brain tumors, neurovascular disease, and spinal and movement disorders. Prior to co-founding Orlando Neurosurgery in 2002, a multispecialty surgical practice, Dr. Baker served as a Captain in the United States Army Reserve. This acclaimed veteran also graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University and received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where he graduated first in his class. He completed his neurosurgical residency at Columbia’s Neurological Institute of New York. An award-winning scholar and researcher, he is a recipient of the AANS/CNS Galbraith Award for excellence in cerebrovascular research, the NOVA Award for clinical excellence in neurosurgery and is a current member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

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