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Advanced Deformity Fellowship

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About The Spine Hospital's Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Spinal Deformity

The Advanced Pediatric Spine Deformity Fellowship at the NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is the only fellowship of its kind in the country. Dr. Michael Vitale is the director of this fellowship along with Co-Directors Dr. Lawrence Lenke and Dr. Peter Angevine.

Candidates who apply to this fellowship will already have completed a residency in orthopedic surgery or neurosurgery and have an interest in pediatric spine surgery. Throughout the 12-month term, the Advanced Pediatric Spine Fellow will be exposed to the entire gamut of Pediatric Spine Deformity Care.

Currently, approximately 320 pediatric spinal deformity cases are performed at this institution annually. The fellow will have broad exposure to the operative and non-operative care of patients with congenital, neuromuscular, syndrome and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and will gain experience in techniques ranging from Mehta casting, growing rods, use of a halo, Anterior Vertebral Body Tether (AVBT), MAGEC, PSIF, SPO, and VCR. There will also be an opportunity to gain experience in the management of pediatric cervical spine disorders through a partnership with Pediatric Neurosurgery.

The fellow will also gain experience in non-operative management of AIS including optimum use of Rigo-Cheneau style bracing and scoliosis therapy utilizing the Schroth method. Additionally, the fellow will be expected to participate in an active clinical research enterprise.

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Affiliated Institutions:
NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Fellowship Director:
Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH

Fellowship Co-Director:
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD

For more information, please contact:
William Campos 
by phone: 212.305.5475
or by email: wc2486@cumc.columbia.edu


CURRENT CLINICAL FELLOW

2023–Present | Thomas Zervos, MD

Quality-Fellow-Zervos

 


PAST CLINICAL FELLOWS

2022–2023 | J. Manuel Sarmiento, MD

Quality-Fellow-Sarmiento

Undergraduate: University of California, Riverside
Graduate School: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
First Position After Fellowship:
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston

 

2021–2022 | Bruno Lazaro, MD

Clinical-Fellow-Lazaro

First Position After Fellowship:
Assistant Attending, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University
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2020–2021 | Rajiv Iyer, MD

Clinical-Fellow-Iyer

B.Sc. (Hons) in Neural Science; Minor: Music, New York University
Medical School, New York University School of Medicine
Residency, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Neurological Surgery
First Position After Fellowship:
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah Health
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2019–2020 | Anand Segar, MD

Clinical-Fellow-Iyer

Medical School, University of Auckland
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
PhD, University of Oxford, U.K.
First Position After Fellowship:
Spinal Surgeon, Ormiston Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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2018–2019 | Richard Menger, MD

Clinical-Fellow-Iyer

Undergraduate, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Medical School, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency (Neurosurgery), Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
First Position After Fellowship:
Chief of Complex Spine Surgery, USA Health, Mobile, AL
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2017–2018 | Eduardo Beauchamp, MD

Clinical-Fellow-Iyer

Medical School, University of Puerto Rico
Residency, University of Puerto Rico
First Position After Fellowship:
Spinal Surgeon, Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2016–2017 | Brian Kelley, MD, PhD

Clinical-Fellow-Kelley

BS, Biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
BA, Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
MD, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
PhD, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
First Position After Fellowship:
Neurosurgeon, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
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