Surgical Leadership

Memberships, Offices and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies

1997 North American Spine Society
1998-2007 New York County Medical Society
1998 Cervical Spine Research Society
1998-2008 Medical Society of the State of New York
1998 Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1999-2008 New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
1999 Fellow, American College of Spine Surgeons
1999-2006 Eastern Orthopaedic Association
2000 Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
 2001 International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine
2002 Spine Arthroplasty Society, Charter Member
2004 Scoliosis Research Society
2004-2008 Lumbar Spine Study Group
2004 AO Spine
2006-2010 Chairman Publications Committee, Spine Arthoplasty Society
2007 Scientific Program Committee, Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting
2008 Lumbar Spine Research Society, Founding Member
2008 Scientific Program Committee, Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting
2008 Degenerative Spine Study Group
2008 Society of Nucleus Arthroplasty
2009 Cervical Spine Research Society Research Committee
2010 Co-Director Program Committee Spine Arthroplasty Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA
2010 American Orthopaedic Association
2010 Chairman Membership Committee, International Society for Advancement of Spine Surgery
2011 Society of Lateral Access Surgeons
 2012-2019    Board of Directors, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
 2012-2015    Program Committee, Cervical Spine Research Society
 2014-2017    Treasurer, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
 2016-2017    President-elect, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
 2017-2018    President, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
 2018-2019    Immediate Past President, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery

Editorial Positions

Editorial  Boards

1984-85  Associate Editor, Colgate Journal of the Sciences
2002-present  Editorial Board, The Spine Journal
2003-2011  Reviewer Board, Spine
2011-present Advisory Board, Spine
2005-2010 Editorial Board, Spine Line (North American Spine Society)
2007-present Editorial Board, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery Journal
2007-present Editorial Board, Spine Universe
2014-present Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases
2014-present Editorial board, Spine Surgery Today
2014-present    Chief Editor, Orthopedic Surgery (Spine) Medscape Reference
2015-present    Reviewer Board, Global Spine Journal
2018-present        Editorial Board, Orthopedics Today
2018-present        Editorial Board, Heliyon

As Hoc Reviewer

2015-present    Nature
2005-present    Reviewer Board, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
2015-present    Global Spine Journal

Principal Clinical and Hospital Service Responsibilities

2007-2013           Associate Director NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Spine Fellowship
2007-2013           Associate Director NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases International Spine Fellowship
2013-present       Director NYU Langone Health Spine Fellowship
2013-present       Director NYU Langone Health International Spine Fellowship
2007-present       Director of Education, Spine Division; NYU Langone Health Department of Orthopedic Surgery