We will soon begin repaving the main driveway outside the Yawkey, Menino, and Moakley buildings. Weather permitting, driveway closures are scheduled for the following weekends, from Friday at 8 p.m. through Sunday at 8 p.m., on the following dates: Sept. 19-21, Sept. 26-28, Oct. 17-19, and Oct. 24-26. 

Access Changes During Construction:

Pedestrian Access: Patients and visitors will be able to enter Moakley through the entrance on East Concord Street.    

Vehicle Access: Vehicular traffic should use the designated drop-off and pick-up area on East Concord Street or the 710 Albany Street Garage. Signage will indicate where metered parking has been blocked off to create a drop-off/pick-up zone (on E. Concord between Harrison and the Moakley side entrance). 

Learn more about our campus redesign. 

During laminectomy, a surgeon removes some or all of a part of the vertebra called the lamina. It's used to treat neck or back pain that hasn't responded to other treatment. The most common causes of neck or back pain treated by laminectomy include:

  • Injury
  • Herniated disc
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Tumors

These conditions can all put pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots and cause pain.