Category: News & Updates
Dr. Vitale Moderates Safety Webinar: Ensuring Safety Before, During, and After the Incision
Posted on April 20, 2025
Dr. Michael Vitale and an expert panel discuss improving safety in spine surgery. Topics included the value of ERAS protocols, practical steps for optimization of patients from preop to postop, and more. Read More
Monday, April 7 | Strong Bones, Strong Kids: Why Bone Health Matters More Than You Think
Posted on April 09, 2025
Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics hosted the spring, 2025, 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. The series continued on Monday, April 7, 2025 with Strong Bones, Strong Kids: Why Bone Health Matters More Than You Think. Guest Speakers: Christen M. Russo, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Columbia Orthopedics and Ilene Fennoy, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, ColumbiaDoctors Read More
The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) 2025
Posted on April 06, 2025
The International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) in Glasgow, Scotland is where leading spine surgeons, innovative researchers, and the most advanced spine technologies come together in an international forum to demonstrate and discuss recent advances in spine surgery. IMAST focuses on innovative and new methods/techniques for spinal pathology. Read More
Reminder: Upcoming Lunch & Learn Seminar in April
Posted on March 21, 2025
Strong Bones, Strong Kids: Why Bone Health Matters More Than You Think | Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics invites you to join the next in our new Lunch & Learn webinar series. The series is designed to improve scoliosis and spine care by providing a forum for interaction and collaboration. Read More
Emma’s Educational Scoliosis Video, Bending Back
Posted on March 20, 2025
Emma's Educational Scoliosis Video, Bending Back | My story gave me the passion to begin my Gold Award Project known as Bending Back: Empowering Scoliosis Awareness. People most affected by scoliosis are young middle schoolers, and I don’t want others to have to follow the same process I went through. The overall goal of Bending Back is to spread awareness about scoliosis to others, so they can have the opportunity to detect it early before it becomes a health issue. Read More
Advances Newsletter: Dual-Specialty Approach Reduces OR Time, Blood Loss in Ped. Spine Cases
Posted on March 08, 2025
In 2013, Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH, Chief of Pediatric Spine Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, spearheaded the creation of the Project for Safety in Spine Surgery in 2012. The initial goal was to establish best practices guidelines for averting surgical site infections (SSI) in scoliosis patients, a vexing problem affecting up to 8.5% of patients. Read More
Dr. Michael Vitale at the PSF Leadership Retreat 2025
Posted on February 14, 2025
Naples, Florida | February 5–7, 2025: The Pediatric Spine Foundation leadership retreat is always inspiring. When the driving mission is to help children with scoliosis, great things are bound to materialize. Dr. Vitale enjoyed collaborating with pioneering surgeons from across the globe. Read More
Spine: Base to Summit Meeting 2025
Posted on January 18, 2025
Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH, participated in the Spine: Base to Summit Meeting, January 17–20, 2025. He gave several talks and participated as part of the panels in the sessions, "Career & Lifestyle," and "The Challenges of the Transition from Peds to Adult Patients". Read More
Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons from around the world gathered for IPOS (International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium), Dec., 2024
Posted on December 10, 2024
December 3–7, 2024, IPOS (International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium) welcomed hundreds of pediatric orthopaedic surgeons and other professionals from around the world to Orlando, Florida. The in-depth, interactive four-day program delivered new insights about the field of pediatric orthopaedics. In addition, it explored how to integrate new techniques, technology, and best practices into real-world situations. Read More
Dr. Michael Vitale Presents at ICEOS 2024
Posted on November 20, 2024
18th International Congress on Early Onset Scoliosis and the Growing Spine (ICEOS) Program Chair, Ron El-Hawary, MD, welcomed attendees to Scottsdale, Arizona for the world’s leading conference addressing complex scoliosis in the growing child. Read More