Dr. Jones is a board certified Orthopedic Surgeon for the San Francisco Spine Center at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and is in Private Practice in San Francisco.  He earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.  He performed residencies in general and spinal surgery at Vanderbuilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and advanced fellowship training in spine surgery at Vanderbuilt University and the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Inglewood, California. 

With more than 12 years of experience performing complex neck and back surgeries, Dr. Jones is recognized throughout the medical community for safely and effectively utilizing new techniques and cutting edge technological advances in surgery. Dr. Jones has the distinction of being the first spine surgeon in private practice in San Francisco to perform lateral mass screws for posterior cervical fusions, percutaneous and endoscopic pedicles for posterior lumbar fusions, video-assisted thorascopic thoracic fusions and use of "Infuse BMP Collagen Sponges" as bone graft substitutes to enhance spinal fusion results. Other "pioneering" procedures include, balloon kyphoplasty for treatment of vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporosis or cancer and most recently he was trained and certified in Artificial Disc Replacement surgery.

Dr. Jones has served as a clinical instructor for more that 10 years at the San Francisco Orthopedic Residency Training Program.  He has also served as a mentor in the Health and Medical Apprenticeship Program and as Spinal Surgery Consultant, Athletic Department at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Jones is recognized as one of the leading authorities in performing succcessful surgeries for injured workers and has conducted career-saving surgeries for several prominent professional athletes and musicians, including members of the San Francisco 49ers and the San Francisco Symphony.  With a track record of judiciously and accurately diagnosing spinal problems and producing optimal results with so many patients with neck and back problems, including those with failed spinal surgeries, Dr. Jones has earned the reputation as both "the first and the last line of defense" in the spinal surgery field.