The Spine Center is unique in our approach to patient care. Because we are a dedicated, interdisciplinary team of specialists who focus solely on spinal problems, we can achieve success where others fail. The breadth of our clinical and research capabilities allows us to deliver a quality of care that can truly make a difference in our patient's lives. Our multidisciplinary clinical team is uniquely qualified to offer outstanding health services in an atmosphere of compassion and caring. We will work collaboratively to find the source of your spinal problem — and fix it — by offering:

• Expert Triage and Guidance
  The triage process is a key component of our program, enabling us to quickly determine which type of physician is most qualified to manage your particular condition. Our clinical team will listen with care to your medical history and the characteristics of your current symptoms so that you can get started immediately on the right course of treatment with the right providers. Our program is designed to ensure that all patients receive optimum, evidence-based surgical or non-surgical therapies with proven clinical effectiveness.



• A Range of Treatment Choices
  Only about 20% of our patients will require surgery. For the remaining 80%, the Spine Center's multidisciplinary approach enables freedom from pain and disability with a diverse array of non-surgical treatment options, including
  • Radiofrequency neuroablation
  • Injections of local anesthetics
  • Anti-inflammatory medications
  • Intensive physical therapy
  
  
• The Most Advanced Care
  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Spine Centers are in the vanguard of new surgical and non-surgical treatments approaches, such as:
  • Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET). The Spine Center is one of the few places in the tri-state area offering this cutting-edge treatment for disc injury. [more]
  • Vertebroplasty. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's team of interventional neuroradiologists was the first in the tri-state region to offer vertebroplasty, a new minimally invasive treatment for compression fractures commonly seen in osteoporosis.
  
  
• Pioneering Research
  Through its affiliation with two world-renowned medical schools, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a preeminent center for neuroscience clinical trials, including studies supported by the National Institutes of Health as well as major corporate sponsors. [more]