{"id":6316,"date":"2018-12-03T16:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T21:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/?page_id=6316"},"modified":"2018-12-04T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:23:37","slug":"james-b-walker-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/physicians\/community-physicians-faculty\/james-b-walker-md\/","title":{"rendered":"James B. Walker, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Clinical Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><span class=\"imageBorder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6317 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2018\/12\/james-b-walker-md.jpeg\" alt=\"James B. Walker, MD\" width=\"152\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2018\/12\/james-b-walker-md.jpeg 152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2018\/12\/james-b-walker-md-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2018\/12\/james-b-walker-md-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/th>\n<th><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"FirstHealth_190x53\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/460\/2017\/09\/firsthealth_190x53.jpeg\" alt=\"FirstHealth\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pinehurst Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10 Aviemore Drive<br \/>\nPinehurst, NC 28374<\/p>\n<p>Phone: (910) 715-8700<br \/>\nFax: (910) 715-8761<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Dr. Walker received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University in 2000. He continued on to earn his medical degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham in 2004, and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Mississippi in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Walker received board certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 2014. His special interests are minimally invasive spine surgery, cranial\/spinal tumors, peripheral nerve surgery, surgical\/percutaneous treatments for trigeminal neuralgia, endoscopic treatments for hydrocephalus, and neurologic sports medicine.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"FirstHealth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firsthealth.org\/specialties\/neurosurgery-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FirstHealth website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical Assistant Professor &nbsp; &nbsp; Pinehurst Location: 10 Aviemore Drive Pinehurst, NC 28374 Phone: (910) 715-8700 Fax: (910) 715-8761 Dr. Walker received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University in 2000. He continued on to earn his medical degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham in 2004, and completed his neurosurgery residency at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurosurgery\/physicians\/community-physicians-faculty\/james-b-walker-md\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about James B. Walker, MD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58435,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6316","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James B. 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