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Michael Vitale, MD MPH, Pediatric Scoliosis Orthopaedic Doctor

Dr. Michael G. Vitale is an orthopaedic spine surgeon who specializes in the non-operative (e.g. bracing, Schroth) and operative treatment of complex pediatric scoliosis, kyphosis, AIS (Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis) and other spine conditions. He performs approximately 200 scoliosis procedures every year on young children and teens. Read Reviews >

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Dr. Vitale's Titles & Positions

Ana Lucia Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Quality and Strategy, Orthopedic Surgery
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Director, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics
Chief, Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Service
MORGAN STANLEY CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN

Safety in Spine Surgery Project

Dr. Vitale founded The Safety in Spine Surgery Project (S3P) in 2016 to help improve safety in spine surgery across the nation. Its mission is to identify ways to enhance the safety and sustainability of spine surgery and work with stakeholders in spine surgery to prevent harm.

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Greta's Incredible Journey

There is nothing Greta can't do, from dance to helping others like her thrive through her incredible talents. Watch her videos and learn her story.

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Browse Helpful Scoliosis Books, Videos, and More

Explore Dr. Vitale's useful links section for a variety of helpful materials to help guide you through this journey.

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Halo + Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation Case | Hamzy

This is a 13 year old with a complicated medical history including TAPVR, ASD, and PDA (all cardiac) that was repaired on day 9 of life. He was having daily back pain. He had an attempted spinal fusion at an outside hospital but because of complications due to an allergy, ...

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Scoliosis Patient Story | Competitive Dancer Back on Stage

Emma is a 13 year old competitive dancer; performing jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, and modern dance! She came to see Dr. Vitale when she was first diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at age 12. At that time her main curve was already 53 degrees.

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Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (AVBT) Case & Surgical Procedure

Vertebral Body Tethering is a growth modulation technique similar to vertebral stapling. This technique is different in that it involves placing pedicle screws in the anterior vertebral bodies. This is typically done thorascopically. The screws are attached to each other with a flexible, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cable ...

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Spine Fusion Case Study | Samantha P.

Samantha's curve was impacting her quality of life, so Dr. Vitale proceeded with a spinal fusion and instrumentation. She went from a 55 degree curve that was causing deformity and back pain to a 15 degree curve. “Dr. Vitale not only fused my spine, he gave me back my dreams!"

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New App: Helpful Scoliosis Resource for Families

My team and I developed this unique application to allow you and your family to measure and keep track of your child's curve and to provide some additional functionality and information that we hope you will find helpful.

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MAGEC PEDIATRIC SCOLIOSIS Case Study | Meghan

Meghan is a healthy young girl who was diagnosed with Early Onset Scoliosis when she was 6 years old. Meghan came to see Dr. Vitale soon after she was diagnosed. At that visit her main thoracic curve measured 61 degrees.

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Spine Fusion Case Study | Fatoumata D.

Fatoumata was 8 years old when she first presented to our office. At that time, she had a 15 degree thoracic curve and a 15 degree lumbar curve. Her curve progressed to almost 30 degrees so she started bracing with...

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Patient FAQs

Q: Patients often ask, "Why is there a difference of opinion among surgeons as to when patients require spinal fusion surgery?"

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News

News about scoliosis treatments, support resources and Dr. Vitale’s educational events

SRS News—Dr. Vitale at the 58th Annual SRS Meeting >

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Resources

Dr. Vitale’s educational resources including his new scoliosis book and Scolio App

New informative scoliosis book and Scolio App just released! >

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Stories

Read patient stories about their real-life struggles with scoliosis and how Dr. Vitale helped them

"Having the ability to ask questions is priceless, and there’s always been someone there from Dr. Vitale’s team or NYP every step of the way" >

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Director, Pediatric Orthopaedics at Columbia University Medical Center committed to delivering the best spine care possible to kids

Dr. Michael G. Vitale @mgv16 ·

26 Sep

Truly honored to be asked to give keynote and spend time with old friends as part of Vern Tolo day, raising money for the amazing research being done at CHLA. Dr Tolo still has so much to teach -about orthopedics and life- all these years later

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CurvyGirls Scoliosis @curvygirlsscoli ·

1 Jun

Thank you @mgv16 @OrthoColumbia for your constant support of CG, inviting us to speak at today’s #scoliosis event, and always listening to your patient! 💚💪

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Dr. Michael G. Vitale @mgv16 ·

1 Jun

So excited to kick off scoliosis awareness month with our annual conservative scoliosis meeting . Great presentations by so many inc DR Rigo, Sanders, Leah Stolz of Curvy Girls and partner Ben Roye. Great learning how to #curescoliosis. @childrensspine @OrthoColumbia @SRS_org

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Dr. Michael G. Vitale @mgv16 ·

24 May

Enjoyed this interview @NYP. "At the end of the day, what do you hope patients and colleagues would say about working with you?"

Dr. Vitale on Research, Innovation, and His Focus on Patient Quality-Advances for Medical Professionals | NewYork-Pres ()