News
October 24, 2016
Dr. Vitale, Course Director, International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium
In December, 2016, Dr. Michael Vitale will serve as Course Director at the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium (IPOS), Presented by POSNA and AAOS. Many orthopedic surgeons around the world attend to learn more about pediatric orthopedics. View more information: http://ipos.posna.org/ About POSNA: Pediatric orthopedic ... Read More >
October 20, 2016
Dr. Michael Vitale, Pediatric Orthopedics, featured in the Columbia Orthopedics Newsletter – ISSUE 10
Get to know the faculty — Dr. Michael Vitale, Pediatric Orthopedics: Do you have a role model or mentor and if so, who? I have been fortunate to have many role models. Very early, my father, a still-practicing pediatric orthopedic surgeon, modeled for ... Read More >
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 >
