Dr. Burleson is a Board-Certified, Fellowship-trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon. He believes in treating patients without surgery as much as possible. He takes time to review imaging, perform a thorough exam, and explain spine problems while coming to a diagnosis and coordinating non-operative care. For those that do require surgery, Dr. Burleson specializes in patient-specific spine surgery. Dr. Burleson uses minimally invasive techniques to tailor a treatment plan to each patient. This helps patients heal faster and return to their lives sooner! He offers disc replacement surgery to some patients as an alternative to fusion which can potentially reduce the risk of future surgery. He has extensive training in both robotics and augmented reality and was the first surgeon in Tennessee to have performed 100 cases with the spine robot as well as 100 cases with augmented reality. He also performed the first patient specific multi-level fusion with custom 3-D printed implants in Tennessee.