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Dr. Roger Hartl, Director of Spine Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Co-director of Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

At Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, our top spine surgeons are part of a multidisciplinary team that offers a comprehensive approach to back care.

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Master Yang Yang was a popular guest on the Weill Cornell Medicine webinar series Spine Time
Virtual T’ai Chi, Qigong Program Shown to Ease Back Pain
September 13, 2024

A new study published in the North American Spine Society Journal reports that an online program of t’ai chi, qigong, and meditation may be helpful in reducing lower back pain. The randomized clinical study,...

Dr. Kashlan Participates in Exercise Northern Strike
Dr. Kashlan Participates in Exercise Northern Strike
August 19, 2024

Since joining our faculty earlier this year, Dr. Osama Kashlan has become a respected member of our neurosurgical team at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist. Dr. Kashlan is highly regarded for his...

Spine Surgery: Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is a world-class provider of treatment. Top spine surgeons are part of a multidisciplinary team that offers a comprehensive approach to back care.

Pat Cusick
“A Wheelchair Is Not My Thing!” A Scoliosis Story
Pat Cusick had mild scoliosis for many years, but it never bothered her. The Staten Island woman had an active life, even taking a retirement job as a school nurse after a long career in nursing, which included teaching in an associate degree-...

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Roger Härtl, M.D. Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery Director of Spinal Surgery
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  • Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Director of Spinal Surgery
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Phone: 212-746-2152
K. Daniel Riew, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
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  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in Neurological Surgery
  • Director, Orthopedic Spine Surgery
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Phone: 212-746-1164
Srikanth Boddu, M.D., M.Sc.
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  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery (Manhattan and Queens)
  • Director of Neurointervention (NewYork-Presbyterian Queens)
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Phone: 212-746-2821 (Manhattan) or 718-303-3739 (Queens)
Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD
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  • Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spinal Surgery
  • Co-Director, Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Program
  • Director, Spinal Trauma/Adult and Pediatric Spinal Surgery
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Ibrahim Hussain, MD
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  • Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery 
  • Leonard and Fleur Harlan Clinical Scholar
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John Park, MD, PhD
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  • Chief of Neurological Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
  • Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
  • Co-director, Weill Cornell Medicine CSF Leak Program
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Phone: (718) 670-1837
Dr. Paul J. Park
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  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
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Phone: 866-426-7787 (Manhattan) / 646-967-2020 (Brooklyn) / 718-780-3070 (Brooklyn CCH)
Michael Virk, M.D., Ph.D.
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  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
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Phone: 646-962-3388
Martin Zonenshayn, MD
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  • Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
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Phone: 718-780-5176
Galal A. Elsayed, M.D. - Weill Cornell Medicine
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  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
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Osama Kashlan, MD, MPH
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  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery
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Edward Butler
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Phone: 212-746-2152
Jenny Lam, RN
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  • Registered Nurse
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Shilpa Nilavarath, MSN, AGNP-C
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  • Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 646-962-5115
Giselle Payamps BSN, RN
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Phone: 212-746-1164
Lin Su, DNP, AGPCNP-BC
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Neurosurgery Blog

3 Keys to Preventing Back Pain
By Osama Kashlan, MD, MPH
By Osama Kashlan, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery
Takeaways from a recent TV interview on back painMore than 80 percent of the population suffers from neck or back pain at some point, but only a small proportion of those individuals are surgical patients. Many back problems can be resolved with...
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