Frank P. Cammisa Jr., MD

Dr. Cammisa is the Chief of the Spine Service at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Scientist, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery
Chief, Spine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics), Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Surgeon, New York Hospital
Consultant, Spinal Cord Injury Unit

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Spine

Special Expertise

Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Laparoscopic Spinal Surgery
Computer Assisted Spinal Surgery
Microsurgery
Athletic Spinal Injuries

Awards

North American Traveling Fellowship, American Orthopaedic Association
Spinal Research Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
Fellow Scholar Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
"Best Doctors in New York," New York magazine, 2009

Affiliations

American Spine Society
International College of Surgeons
Fellow American COllege of Surgeons
Cervical Spine Research Society
International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine

Education

MD, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, New York
The Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, General Surgery, New York

Fellowship

University of Miami, Jackson-Memorial Medical Center, Fellow in Spinal Surgery

Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, ABOS

State Licensure

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC, Vermont, California  

Frank P. Cammisa Jr., MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

Dr. Cammisa is current researching:
Computer Assisted Image Guidance
Demineralized Bone Matrix
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
Bone Growth Enhancement

Clinical Trials

• A Randomized Controlled Investigation of Postoperative Pain Following Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting in Spine Surgery
• A Pilot Study to Obtain Initial Information on Gene Expression in the Human Intervetebral Disc: The Origin and Fate of the Nucleus Pulposus