David Huie, MD, MS

After nearly a year of excruciating sciatica and frustrating medical missteps, I had the privilege of being treated by Dr. David Huie — a neurosurgeon who exemplifies everything a patient hopes for in a spine specialist: surgical expertise, deep compassion, and an unwavering commitment to doing what’s best for his patients. I was a 21-year-old active student-athlete suffering from a large, right paracentral L5-S1 herniated disc that caused constant S1 radiculopathy in my right leg. I had undergone months of conservative care — multiple epidural steroid injections, physical therapy, stretching regimens, and near-total lifestyle restriction — with only temporary or negligible relief. After consulting neurosurgeons at some of the nation’s most renowned institutions, including the director of