Dr. Kevin M. Jackson graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he participated on the track and field team. He attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN and graduated with honors. His performance in medical school caught the attention of Dr. Benjamin Carson, the world reknown pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and was invited as a medical student to rotate on his busy surgical service. Dr. Jackson completed his neurosurgical residency at Indiana University distinguishing himself as an outstanding instructor for fellow residents and medical students alike. He has published several clinical and scientific papers in the field of neurosurgery and has designed multiple surgical instruments pertaining to spinal procedures.

Dr. Jackson is a Board Certified Neurological Surgeon. He specializes in both minimally invasive spinal surgery (outpatient microdiskectomys and percutaneous fusions, etc.) as well as aggressive spinal tumor resection and reconstruction with instrumentation. He also remains interested in cranial surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, and Chiari malformations. Dr. Jackson is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological surgeons, and the North American Spine Society. He has an academic appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Illinois-Chicago.