Christopher M. Nickele
Dr. Christopher Nickele is a Chicago native and an open endovascular neurosurgeon. He specializes in carotid narrowing, strokes, disc herniations, carpal tunnel, lumbar stenosis, aneurysms, vascular malformations, and brain tumors.
Dr. Nickele received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated from the Honors Program. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and completed his Neurosurgical Residency at the University of Wisconsin. He completed a Fellowship in Endovascular and Open Vascular Neurosurgery at Semmes Murphey Clinic and the University of Tennessee and is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Nickele and his wife are happy to live in Memphis with their three children.
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Running
- Piano
- Guitar
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Tennessee Medical Association
- Memphis Medical Association
- Society of Neurointerventional Surgery
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“Dr. Nickele’s bedside manner is second to none. The day we talked about scheduling my surgery, I left having all the confidence in the world. He was honest with me, explained about the risks involved and how we would deal with them. I’m very Type A and used to telling everyone else what to do. It was great that I was able to put my trust in him during such a vulnerable time for me.”
Kasey Culbreath
“Dr. Nickele is a jewel. He looked at my scans and told me he could help me. I was comfortable with his treatment plan from the very beginning. He explained everything about the procedure to shave the bone in my spine and remove pressure from the irritated nerve. I was getting depressed before, wondering if I was always going to live in pain. I wish I had gone to Dr. Nickele much sooner.”
Antoinette Wiseman
Locations
We're available to serve your brain and spine care needs at these locations. The Semmes Murphey main office is just 20 minutes from the Memphis International Airport, and we have clinics throughout the Mid-South area.
Services & Specialties
The best brain and spine care in the world starts here. The doctors of Semmes Murphey specialize in neurosurgery, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, interventional pain, and neuropsychology.
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