Tag: AIS
Mon., March 4 | Third “Lunch & Learn” Webinar Featured Kate Bacigalpo, PT, DPT
Posted on March 12, 2024
Mar. 4, 2024 | Guest Speaker: Kate Bacigalpo, PT, DPT | Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics hosted the third edition of our Lunch & Learn webinar series. The series, held five or six times per year, is designed to improve scoliosis and spine care by providing participants and faculty a forum for interaction and collaboration. On Monday, March 4, 2024, the series continued with Ehler-Dahlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Syndrome Considerations in your Adolescent Patient with AIS. Read More
Advances in Pediatric Orthopedics: Improving Treatment for Pediatric Spine Deformity
Posted on February 22, 2023
Pediatric orthopedic surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital continue to lead national efforts to improve treatment for patients with scoliosis. Two seminal articles published in the Journal of Spine Deformity highlight this work. Read More
Non-Operative Treatment of Scoliosis – 6th Annual — Webinar
Posted on October 25, 2020
Join us for this interactive webinar to learn about state of the art, non-operative treatment of scoliosis. Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics is hosting it’s 6th Annual Non Operative Treatment of Childhood Scoliosis—virtually. The 6th Annual Non-Operative Treatment of Childhood Scoliosis is an ... Read More
Escoliosis Idiopática del Adolescente (AIS)
Posted on February 20, 2020
¿Qué es? La escoliosis idiopática del adolescente, también llamada AIS (por sus siglas en Inglés), es una enfermedad que afecta a niños de entre 10 y 20 años y se caracteriza por la presencia de una curva anormal de la columna ... Read More
Dr. Michael Vitale Speaks at IPOTT
Posted on September 30, 2018
Dr. Michael Vitale speaks at IPOTT which is an International Pediatric Orthopaedic Think Tank. It took place this year in New Zealand from 9/27/18- 9/29/18. Dr. Vitale spoke on #cureAIS: Towards a Best Practice Guideline for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis where included ... Read More
Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics Attends 4th International Curvy Girls Scoliosis Conference
Posted on July 10, 2018
Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics Attends 4th International Curvy Girls Scoliosis Conference on 7/9/18. Curvy Girls is a network of peer-led support groups that reduce the emotional impact of scoliosis by empowering girls through education, mutual support and acceptance to become leaders, ... Read More
Spine Team Develops Best Practice Guidelines for Spinal Deformity
Posted on February 14, 2018
Columbia Orthopedics spine team leaders Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH; Hiroko Matsumoto, PhD; Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD; and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD have developed best practice guidelines on wrong level surgery in spinal deformity. The guidelines were published in Spine Deformity based on the consensus ... Read More
Pediatric Orthopedic Team Argues for Use of Sanders Classification for AIS
Posted on January 22, 2018
Columbia Orthopedics providers Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH and Benjamin D. Roye, MD, MPH and Director of Clinical Research Hiroko Matsumoto were published in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics for their research "High Risk of Mismatch Between Sanders and Risser Staging in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Are We ... Read More
Columbia Orthopedics Adult & Pediatric Spine Team at the 2017 Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting
Posted on September 08, 2017
This week, faculty, residents, fellows, and researchers from Columbia Orthopedics will be presenting their research at the 2017 Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting. To read abstracts and view the complete schedule, view the program here. Below are the topics that ... Read More
Curvy Girls Livestream with Dr. Vitale
Posted on August 11, 2017
If you didn't get a chance to watch the Curvy Girls Livestream with Dr. Vitale, please check out the below video. It was a Q & A session with founder of Curvy Girls, Leah Stoltz along with Dr. Michael Vitale. ... Read More