News
October 12, 2016
PreOp Spine Class for Patients
Nov. 14, 2016: We would like to invite you to this preop class to help prepare you and your child for your surgery this winter. There will be a class held on November 14th, 6:00-8:00 PM. Our next one will be ... Read More >
July 19, 2016
For Very Young Children, There’s A Way To Cure Scoliosis Without Surgery
"There’s A Way To Cure Scoliosis Without Surgery" Courtesy CBS New York Read More >
March 21, 2016
Children’s Spine Foundation Annual Report 2015
“Look closely at the present you are constructing. It
should look like the future you are dreaming.”
– Alice Walker
As a father, clinician, and President of the Children’s Spine Foundation, I know this sentiment is never more true than when we help children and families dealing with complex spine deformity.
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March 16, 2016
Orthopedics-Neurosurgery Focus on Quality Improves Pediatric Spine Measures
In this new era of health care, quality measures are becoming the driving factor among health care institutions. Physicians, surgeons and hospitals are being compared with other facilities and health care professionals. At NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University ... Read More >
March 15, 2016
Pediatric Scoliosis Patients Improve Posture With Smart Bracing, Schroth Method
From NewYork-Presbyterian Newsletter, March, 2016: In the last five years, researchers and physicians have learned that early treatment of scoliosis can resolve many spinal deformities that adolescents and adults encounter later in life. Techniques such as early casting, bracing and specialized ... Read More >
February 18, 2016
17 of the Top North American Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.ED. Despite the critical nature of pediatric orthopedics, most don’t flock to this subspecialty. One reason? It is emotionally challenging. But some do…and here is a subset of real standouts. A note to readers: We don’t have “the ... Read More >
August 14, 2014
Boy, 6, with Scoliosis is First in New York Area to Get Magnetic Spine Lengthening Treatment
Courtesy NY Daily News Call it medical magic — make that MAGEC (Magnetic Spine Lengthening Treatment). Doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital are now reaching for the handheld MAGEC device instead of their scalpel when they treat patients with early-onset scoliosis, characterized by a spinal ... Read More >
September 29, 2007
Spinal Fusion NOT Recommended Treatment for Early-Onset Scoliosis
While spinal fusion has been shown to improve quality of life and life expectancy in adolescents who have achieved normal pulmonary capacity before the onset of scoliosis, this treatment has quite a different result in skeletally immature children. In these ... Read More >
September 08, 2007
Even with Medical Clearance, Orthopaedic Patients Aren’t Returning to School
According to a recent study published by Joshua Hyman, MD and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Group at Columbia Presbyterian, the attendance policy at a patient’s school is more restrictive than a child’s doctor. Since past studies have documented that uninterrupted ... Read More >
July 29, 2007
Spasticity: Balancing Treatment Options
Children with neuromuscular disorders can develop a wide range of problems as a result of the overactivity or spacticity of their muscles. Fortunately, their are a wide range of treatment options for affected children. As a child grows and muscle ... Read More >
