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Dorsky, Steven G., MD

Name: Dorsky, Steven G., MD
Practice Name: New Jersey Spine Center
Address: 40 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone#: 973-635-0800
Fax#: 973-635-6245
Website: www.njspinecenter.com
Specialty: Spine Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School: Brown University
Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Hospital
Residency: Hospital for Joint Diseases
Fellowship: Hospital for Joint Diseases
Professional Affiliations: Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
North American Spine Society
Fellow, American College of Surgery
Publications/Awards: Microsurgical Spine Procedures
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Scoliosis
Complex Reconstruction
Failed Back Surgery

Friedlander, Marvin E., MD FACS

Name: Friedlander, Marvin E., MD FACS
Practice Name: The Back Institute
Address #1: 700 Rahway Ave Union, NJ 07083
Address #2: 96 Hudson Street – Suite 503, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone#: 908-688-1999
Fax#: 908-688-8180
Website: www.thebackinstitute.com
Specialty: Neurological Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Internship: Kings County Medical Center
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center @ Brooklyn
Professional Affiliations: North American Spine Society
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
New Jersey Medical Society
American College of Surgeons

Kahanovitz, Neil, MD

Name: Kahanovitz, Neil, MD
Practice Name: Center for Orthopaedics
Address #1: 1500 Pleasant Valley Way West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone#: 973-669-5600
Fax#: 973-669-0199
Specialty: Spine Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School: University of Maryland
Internship: Harbor – UCLA Medical Center
Residency: Harbor – UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Orthopaedic Research Society
North American Spine Society
Scoliosis Research Society
Publications/Awards: Kahanovitz, N., Electrical Stimulation and Spinal Fusion. The Spine, 5th Edition. W.B. Saunders Co., 2005

Book Chapter – Laminotomy/Discectomy. Controversies in Spine Surgery. Quality Medical Publishing. 2001

Fadon, D., Herzog, R., Mink, J., Simmons, J. Kahanovitz, N., Haldemann, S., Nomenclature of Lumbar Disc Disorders. Orthopaedic Knowledge Update. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1997.

Kahanovitz, N. The Role of Electricity in Spinal Fusion. The Spine. The Spine 4th Edition. W.B. Saunders Co. 1999

Ratzker, Paul K., MD FACS

Name: Ratzker, Paul K., MD FACS
Practice Name: The Back Institute
Address #1: 700 Rahway Ave Union, NJ 07083
Address #2: 96 Hudson Street – Suite 503, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone#: 908-688-1999
Fax#: 908-688-8180
Website: www.thebackinstitute.com
Specialty: Neurological Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Internship: Montefiore Medical Center
Residency: Mt. Sinai Hospital
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Pain Management
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Medical Society of New Jersey
American Association Neurological Surgeons

Rieger, Kenneth J., MD

Name: Rieger, Kenneth J., MD
Practice Name: New Jersey Spine Center
Address: 40 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone#: 973-635-0800
Fax#: 973-635-6245
Website: www.njspinecenter.com
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School: Columbia University
Internship: Columbia University
New York Presbyterian –Weill Cornell Medical Center, Columbia University
Residency: New York Presbyterian –Weill Cornell Medical Center, Columbia University
Fellowship: Leatherman Spine Institute
Professional Affiliations: American Association Orthopaedic Surgery
North American Spine Surgery
Publications/Awards: 2008 Patient’s Choice Award

2007 Patient’s Choice Award

Levine WN, Reiger KJ, McCluskey G: Arthroscopic Treatment Anterior Instability. Instruction Course Lectures. 2005; Volume 54, pp. 87-98.

Rieger KJ, Voloshin I, Stanwood W, Blaine T, Levine WN, Bigliani, LU: Humeral Head Replacement for Cuff-Tear Arthropathy: Long-Term Follow-up. American Sports and Elbow Surgery, Submitted.

Congdon, NT, West ST, Duncan ST, Fisher DT, Vitale ST, Reiger KJ, Urist JT, Hazelwood DT, Sanchez T, Pham T, Cole L, McNaughton C: The effect of pantethine and ultraviolet – b radiation on the development of lenticular opacity in the emory mouse. Curr Eye Res. 2000 Jan;20(1): 17-24.

Schoeb, J. Scott, MD

Name: Schoeb, J. Scott, MD
Practice Name: New Jersey Spine Center
Address #1: 40 Main Street Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone#: 973-635-0800
Fax#: 973-635-6254
Website: www.njspinecenter.com
Specialty: Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship: Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society
Publications/Awards: Chris Ahmad, A. Martin Clark, MD, Neils Hielman, J. Scott Schoeb, MD, William N. Levine, MD, Effect of Gender and Maturity on Quadriceps-Hamstring Strength Ratio and Ligament Laxity, American Journal of Sports Medicine October, 2005Francis Young-In Lee, MD, J. Scott Schoeb, MD, John Yu, BS, Brett D. Christiansen, MD and Harold M. Dick, MD Operative Lengthening of the Humerus; Indications, Benefits and September/October 2005