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Biography: Dr. Osama Kashlan is an award-winning, board-certified neurosurgeon who is fellowship trained in spine surgery. His specialty is minimally invasive spine surgery, including innovative new endoscopic and 3D navigated approaches to the spine. Dr. Kashlan's practice covers a wide range of spinal disorders, including degenerative spinal disorders, spinal trauma, scoliosis, spinal deformity, and spine tumors. He takes pride in ensuring all motion-sparing options including disc replacement, facet replacement, and decompressive non-fusion endoscopic proceduresare exhausted prior to offering his patients fusion operations. He also has a special interest in tumors, infections, and congenital defects of the lumbosacral junction, with a vast experience in treating adult tethered cords and sacral pathologies requiring a sacrectomy or coccygectomy with or without lumbopelvic reconstruction. Before joining the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Kashlan served as Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at the University of Michigan, where he was also in charge of the spine fellowship. Outside of the hospital, Dr. Kashlan is an officer in the Air National Guard and has been involved in projects to improve treatment of head injuries on the battlefield in addition to spreading awareness regarding spinal cord injuries in special warfare operators. He also has a special interest in global neurosurgery and has led multiple neurosurgery mission trips around the world.

Biography: Dr. McCormick is the Gallen Professor of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also the Director ofThe Och Spine Hospital at The Neurological Institute of New Yorkand an attending physician atNewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His clinical and research interests focus exclusively on the evaluation, surgical management, and outcomes assessment of patients with disorders of the spine and spinal cord. He is a world-renowned spinal neurosurgeon and recognized expert in the surgical management of spinal disorders includingspinal cord tumors,vascular malformations,herniated cervical and lumbar discs,spinal stenosis,spondylolisthesis,microsurgery,arthroplasty, and spinal stabilization andfusionfor traumatic anddegenerative spinal instabilityanddeformity. Dr. McCormick graduated fromColumbia Universityand received his medical degree fromColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He performed research at theNational Institutes of Health (NIH)and trained in Neurological Surgery at the prestigious Neurological Institute of New York. He performed a one-year complex spine surgery fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin and returned to the Neurological Institute of New York to join the neurosurgical staff as the first neurosurgeon to dedicate his practice entirely to the treatment of patients with spinal disorders. In the 25 years of practice, Dr. McCormick has performed nearly 7000spinal procedures on patients from around the world but with special emphasis on patients from tri-state area. Dr. McCormick has received numerous awards including the prestigious Columbia College 2007 John Jay award for professional achievement, the 2009 Joint Spine Section Meritorious Service award, and was an honored lecturer at national, international, and institutional events on numerous occasions. He has consistently been named as one of New York's best doctors since 2001 and for the last several years has been named as one ofCastle Connolly's America's Top Doctors, America's Top Doctors for Cancer, and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area.

Biography: Dr. Kazimierz Komperda, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 42 years old and has been practicing for 14 years. Dr. Kazimierz Komperda, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Biography: Dr. Philip Petrou is a double-board certified physician in anesthesiology and pain medicine. He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry with honors from Harvard College and attended medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Petrou completed his residency in anesthesiology at Stanford University, where he also was a fellow in pain medicine.

Care Philosophy: Dr. Cooper aims to deliver the highest quality care throughout the healthcare process. He practices a model of patient-centered care and shared decision making that make the patient's experience more enjoyable. Wait times are minimized out of respect to the patient's time. His practice focuses on primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty. He is skilled in minimally invasive total joint arthroplasty as well as advanced techniques in managing complications of failed or painful hip and knee replacements.