LSI History

Laser Spine Institute – Established in 2005

It was early 2005 when Drs James St. Louis, Michael Perry and Glenn Hamburg decided to form a partnership with EFO Holdings and create Laser Spine Institute. The Laser Spine Institute was founded for the sole purpose of delivering the best, most up to date, minimally invasive spine treatment available in the world. Beginning with a mire nine employees and three physicians LSI opened its doors in March of 2005 and our organization began its quest.

LSI’s surgical volume rose quickly with each successful surgery. We opened our doors in March of 2005 with fifteen surgeries performed and by October of that same year our surgeons had successfully performed over 90 surgeries. We quickly realized that we were out growing our surgical center. From an initial center of over 17,000 square feet and four operating rooms, we grew to six operating rooms in 2006, and again expanded in 2008 to eight operating rooms. Of course to maintain our high standard of patient care, we had to increase the number of employees. At the end of 2005 we had 50 employees, and by the end of 2006 LSI had over 100 employees.

Focus on the Patient

Many organizations that experience fast growth tend to lose sight of their main objective. Not at LSI. Our main objective is to deliver the best possible medical care available, and it still is. With the addition of Bill Horne as CEO in mid 2005, his philosophy has helped to continue to maintain our focus on the patient making LSI the best medical facility in the world.

Laser Spine Institute expands

As LSI continued to grow in Tampa, it was soon realized, from the voices of our patients, that our services would be more beneficial if we were closer to them. Consequently in 2007 LSI under took its first national expansion. Laser Spine Institute opened its doors to a brand new 24,000 square foot surgical center in Scottsdale Arizona in January 2008. Our patients responded and within two months we were performing over 100 surgeries a month in this location. Shortly after the successful opening of the Scottsdale office, our next project was a facility in the greater Philadelphia area. This facility, which opened in November 2009, is located in King of Prussia, just outside of Philadelphia.

We have also opened consult offices in San Diego California, Beverly Hill California, The Villages Florida, and Fort Lauderdale Florida. In these consult offices, patients are able to meet and be evaluated by a physician to see if they would be a potential candidate for our minimally invasive spine procedures.

Currently Laser Spine Institute is performing over 400 surgeries per month, more than any facility in the world, and has over 330 employees. Laser Spine Institute is truly a leader in spine care in America.

If you would like more information about how LSI may be able to help you, please contact us today.