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NYP Quality in Care Symposium 2025

June 18, 2025

June 5, 2025 | NYP Quality in Care Symposium in New York City, NY

We presented the six following posters:

  • Ritt Givens, Malanie Brown, Matthew Weintraub, Omar Taha, Mehdi Elfilali, Matan Malka, Kevin Lu, Benjamin D. Roye, Michael G. Vitale. Improving Operating Room Efficiency through Enhanced Team Consistency in Pediatric Spine Surgery. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
  • Varun Arvind, Omar Taha, Matthew Weintraub, Anil Mendiratta, Mehdi Elfilali, Erik Williams, Miles Bomback, Michael G. Vitale. Improving Early Detection of Neuromonitoring Loss during Spinal Surgery Using a Machine Learning Tool. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
  • Matthew Weintraub, Omar Taha, Mehdi Elfilali, Ritt Givens, Edwin Kulubya, Benjamin D. Roye, Michael G. Vitale. Enhancing AIS Surgery with Patient-Specific Rods: Achieving Predicted and Optimal Sagittal Parameters. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
  • Omar Taha, Matthew Weintraub, Mehdi Elfilali, Ritt Givens, Matan Malka, Grace Plassche, Christen M. Russo. Distance Traveled: A Pipeline Program to Improve Diversity in Orthopedic Surgery. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
  • Omar Taha, Matthew Weintraub, Mehdi Elfilali, Jennifer A Bassetti, Lee Collins, Charles W. Fry, Christen M. Russo. Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Suspected Non-Accidental Trauma: Lessons from a Missed Case of Osteogenesis Imperfecta. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
  • Matthew Weintraub, Omar Taha, Mehdi Elfilali, Christen M. Russo. Lost in Transfer: Nonfunctional Imaging Leads to Repeat X-rays. NYP Quality in Care Symposium. June 5, 2025.
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