Sandi,

Since you asked...I would definitely go with a Neurosurgeon. I had a fusion done at the C3/C4 (considered a very serious level due to the phrenic nerve that controls your breathing). I had the same NS do a fusion of the C5/C6 two years later. Actually, what SpineUniverse says is that either an NS or OSS can do the cervical fusions. But then it goes on to say that it is the Neurosurgeons that have more advanced training. But I can tell you also that the spine group I go to was the first in the United States to do the artifical disc for the cervical spine and actually it was the OSS that headed that up. However, my thoughts are...since those levels are high up there or any level in the neck for that matter...I would go with an NS before I would go with an OS...just my own preference though.