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I believe healthcare is about providing patients with the most innovative care, delivered with compassion and empathy. I firmly believe in first understanding the concerns of my patients and then providing them with support throughout their journey. I began my career in spine surgery with these beliefs at the core of my practice.

I am a director in the Spine Division at ��ɫtv Langone Orthopedic Hospital, where I provide surgical care to people who have experienced degenerative disease, disc problems, herniation, spinal stenosis, deformity and spondylolisthesis, trauma, tumors, and infections affecting the spine. My proficiency in robotic spine surgery, artificial disc replacement, and minimally invasive surgery has earned me recognition both nationally and internationally. Along with being a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery at ��ɫtv Grossman School of Medicine, I am also involved in training fellows in spine surgery, as well as in research and development of biomedical materials and devices.

As a surgeon, researcher, and innovator, I have written and published many articles and have contributed to books. I have also offered my expertise on programs on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, and Sirius XM Doctor Radio, and in USA Today and Forbes.

It was a privilege to be awarded the Leon L. Wiltse “Best Paper” award at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. I am proud to be a recipient of the Vitals Patients’ Choice and Vitals Compassionate Doctor awards and be recognized in Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors” series and Super Doctors for the New York metro area and as one of Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors. I have been a member of the editorial and advisory boards of The Spine Journal, the International Journal of Spine Surgery, the Global Spine Journal, Spine Surgery Today, the Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases, and Spine.

Both the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons have elected me as a fellow. I am also a member of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, the North American Spine Society, the Cervical Spine Research Society, the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, the Scoliosis Research Society, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the Lumbar Spine Research Society.