Tag: Treatment

Mon., March 4 | Third “Lunch & Learn” Webinar Featured Kate Bacigalpo, PT, DPT

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

Dr. Michael Vitale featured on @nyphospital twitter page

Dr. Michael Vitale was featured on the New York Presbyterian Hospital's twitter page @nyphospital.  Check out their tweet about his trip to AAOS annual conference   .@mgv16 is the Chief of Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Service at #NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale Co-Chairs 12th Annual ICEOS Meeting

Posted on November 19, 2018

Dr. Michael Vitale Co-Chairs the 12th Annual ICEOS (International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis) meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.  He also spoke on a myriad of topics including The Debates: SAI/Pelvic Screws (Paul Sponseller) vs S Hooks (Michael Vitale) Paper # ... Read More

PreOperative Pediatric Spine Class

Posted on October 17, 2018

This year we hosted our PreOperative Pediatric Spine Class in May, June and October. This preop class is to help prepare the parents, child, and family for their surgery. - Class is not mandatory but we strongly encourage patients and families to attend - Ask questions; meet other patients/parents; ... Read More

Dr. Vitale attends and presents at the 53rd Annual SRS Meeting

Posted on October 15, 2018

Dr. Vitale attends and presents at the 53rd Annual SRS Meeting in Bologna, Italy from October 10-13, 2018.  The SRS meeting is "a meeting where spinal surgeons from around the world come to learn the most innovative research and information ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale was a Visiting Professorship at TSRH Fall Spine Symposium

Posted on October 08, 2018

Dr. Michael Vitale was invited to be a Visiting Professorship at TSRH (Texas Scottish Rite Hospital) Fall Spine Symposium on October 5, 2018.  It is a scientific program filled with talks from one or two visiting professors and case-based discussions ... Read More

Scoliosis in the Young Child Patient Webinar

Posted on September 18, 2018

Dr. Michael was a panelist on Scoliosis in the Young Child Patient Webinar.  It was presented by the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).   Read More

Current Techniques in Pediatric Deformity Correction

Posted on March 16, 2018

Dr. Vitale hosted Current Techniques in Pediatric Deformity Correction at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian on 3/16/18.  The program was for surgeons who focus on the treatment of medical conditions affecting the Pediatric Spine.  The program included a live ... Read More

Pediatric Orthopedic Team Argues for Use of Sanders Classification for AIS

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

Dr. Michael Vitale participates in a Risk and Safety of Spine Surgery Webinar

Posted on December 14, 2017

Dr. Michael Vitale participated in a Risk and Safety of Spine Surgery Webinar which was hosted by Hospital of Special Surgery.  He spoke about Making a Safer Environment.  He also was on a panel discussion for case presentations.  It was ... Read More