Andrew C Hecht - Chief of Spine Surgery and Director of Spine Center
Dr. Hecht is the Chief of Spine Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and Director of the Spine Center at Mount Sinai in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopedics. Dr. Hecht is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Harvard Medical School as well as a trauma fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Hecht is the spine surgical consultant to the New York Jets, New York Islanders, and the New York Dragons professional teams, as well as numerous collegiate teams at Hofstra University and Molloy College. He is the Director of the National Football League Spine Care Program for retired players at Mount Sinai (one of five sites across the country. He also directs the Acute Spinal Injury Program for the New York Jets. Dr. Hecht’s clinical interests include cervical and lumbar spine surgery, the evaluation and surgical management of degenerative disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (such as herniated discs, spinal stenosis), minimally invasive spine surgery, microsurgery, spine trauma and tumors.

Spine Surgeons - Orthopedics

Wesley H. Bronson, MD
Dr. Wesley H. Bronson is an orthopedic spine surgeon for the Mount Sinai Health System and serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. His practice covers a wide range of spinal conditions with particular interests in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques as well as complex, revision spinal surgery.

Samuel Cho, MD - Mount Sinai West
Dr. Cho is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon who serves as Chief of Spine Surgery at Mount Sinai West and uniquely holds dual academic appointments as a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Cho is also the Director of the Spine Surgery Fellowship for the Mount Sinai Health System. He provides consultation and treatment for adult and pediatric patients with both common and complex spinal disorders and deformities. He offers patients both conservative spine care and minimally invasive microsurgery, as well as motion-preserving procedures such as artificial disc replacement.

Saad Chaudhary, MD
Dr. Chaudhary is a board-certified spine surgeon with a special focus on minimally invasive and endoscopic spine surgery. He trained at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, where he received his fellowship in both Orthopedic and Neurosurgical spine techniques. Dr. Chaudhary offers a comprehensive patient experience with treatment options customized for each individual’s lifestyle and goals. He offers a complete spectrum of spine care plans from endoscopic and minimally invasive options to larger reconstructions and revision surgeries.

Jun S. Kim, MD – Mount Sinai West
Dr. Jun S. Kim is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at The Mount Sinai Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Kim specializes in cervical spine and scoliosis surgery, using a combination of minimally invasive, open, and microsurgical techniques to treat disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

Yunsoo Lee, MD – Mount Sinai West
Yunsoo Lee, MD is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon for the Mount Sinai Health System and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Lee's practice encompasses a wide range of adult spinal disorders, including cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, with a special interest in minimally invasive techniques, traumatic and degenerative pathologies, and translational research.

James D. Lin, MD
Dr. James D. Lin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Dr. Lin specializes in both minimally invasive and open surgical techniques to treat spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He has expertise in cervical disc replacement, outpatient surgery, robotic spine surgery, and computer navigation assisted spine surgery.

Baron Lonner, MD
Dr. Lonner is the Chief of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and has a special interest in non-fusion scoliosis correction. Pediatric scoliosis care has been Dr. Lonner's focus for more than two decades with an emphasis is on the patient and family, providing alternative solutions that adhere to their values and goals. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine.

Spine Surgeons - Neurosurgery

Jeremy M. Steinberger, MD - Mount Sinai West
Dr. Steinberger, as Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Mount Sinai West, is an Assistant Professor dually appointed in the Department of Orthopedics and the Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Steinberger completed a Fellowship in Orthopedic Spine Surgery (AO Spine) at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

Konstantinos Margetis, MD PhD - The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Union Square
Dr. Margetis is Director of Spine at Mount Sinai Union Square. A uniquely qualified neurosurgeon with dual postgraduate fellowships in Complex Spine Surgery from The Cleveland and in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Margetis focuses his clinical practice on complex spine surgery.

Tanvir Choudhri, MD - The Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Choudhri is Co-Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Program in the Mount Sinai Department of Neurological Surgery.

Chan Roonprapunt, MD - Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Union Square
Dr. Roonprapunt is a board certified neurosurgeon with a broad experience in the treatment of surgical disorders of the nervous system.

Nirit Weiss, MD - The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Union Square
Dr. Weiss is a board certified neurosurgeon who joined the Department of Neurosurgery in 2005. Prior to completing a neurosurgical residency at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Weiss received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her medical degree from Yale University. 

Hongyan Zou, MD, PhD - The Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Zou focuses her clinical practice in minimally invasive and complex spine, brain, and spine tumors and general neurosurgery.

Divaldo Camara, MD - Mount Sinai Morningside
Dr. Camara specializes in spinal cord injuries and degenerative spine disease.

John Houten, MD - Mount Sinai South Nassau
Dr. Houten is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School Medicine at Mount Sinai with expertise in motion-preserving technologies and revision spinal surgery. He is a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine and underwent his neurosurgery residency and spinal surgery fellowship training at NYU Medical Center.

Affiliated Physicians

Mount Sinai Hospital Surgeons and Physiatrists

Sean Mccance, MD
Dr. Mccance is Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Mount Sinai West Surgeons and Physiatrists

Daveed Frazier, MD
Dr. Frazier specializes in all aspects of spine care and is extensively trained in surgical intervention.

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Surgeons and Physiatrists

Joseph Herrera, DO
Dr. Herrera is Site Chair, Department of Rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Associated Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine.

David Perna, MD
Dr. Perna specializes in the non-operative management of spine conditions including interventional pain management.

Marc Rosenblatt, DO
Dr. Rosenblatt specializes in electromyelography, musculoskeletal medicine, sports medicine, physical therapy, and interventional pain management in the treatment of patients with spinal conditions.

Physiatrists

Joseph Bax, DO
Joseph Bax, DO is an Assistant Professor dually appointed in the department of Orthopedics and the department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Eugene Bulkin, MD
Dr. Bulkin is a spine specialist whose areas of expertise encompass nonsurgical evaluation and treatment of spine and spine-related conditions.

Alexander Lee, MD
Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor dually appointed in the Department of Orthopedics and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Joseph Lee, MD
Dr. Joseph Lee is a fellowship trained interventional physiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital and is an Assistant Professor with dual appointments in the Department of Orthopaedics and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Martin Pico, MD – Mount Sinai West
Martin Pico, MD is a board-certified interventional physiatrist with advanced fellowship training in pain management. He practices at Mount Sinai West and serves as an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. With a passion for improving patient’s quality of life, he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of pain conditions affecting the spine and peripheral joints (knees, shoulders, and hip).

Chirag Shah, MD, JD - Mount Sinai West
Chirag Shah, MD, JD is a board certified and fellowship trained Interventional Physiatrist specializing in integrative pain, interventional spine, and sports medicine.