Russel C. Huang, MD

Dr. Russel C. Huang was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Yale School of Medicine. After completing his orthopaedic surgery residency at Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Huang completed his fellowship training in spine surgery under Dr. Henry H. Bohlman, considered by many to be the father of contemporary spine surgery.

Dr. Huang currently serves as Director of the Hospital for Special Surgery Spine Clinic and as Chief of Spine Surgery at the James J. Peters VAMC Hospital. In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Huang has published and lectured extensively on topics such as lumbar stenosis and disc herniation, cervical disc herniation, intervertebral disc replacement, spine fusion, and cervical myelopathy.

Depending on the patient's condition, Dr. Huang performs spinal surgery using standard techniques or using the latest cutting edge surgical technologies. These include minimally invasive lumbar decompression and fusion, disc replacement, and microsurgical lumbar laminoplasty. For certain types of spinal problems, these techniques can eliminate the need for spinal fusion.

Appointments

Director of Spine Surgery Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Chief of Spine Surgery, James J. Peters VAMC Hospital
Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, New York - Presbyterian Hospital

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Spine

Special Expertise

Minimally invasive surgical techniques
Lumbar stenosis and disc herniation
Cervical disc herniation and spinal cord compression
Scoliosis and spondylolisthesis
Disc replacement and nonfusion technologies

Awards

Cervical Spine Research Society J. William Fielding Award
National Institutes of Health Cancer Education Grant
Cervical Spine Research Society Traveling Fellowship Award
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Research Award
Campbell Prize for Academic Excellence, Yale School of Medicine

Affiliations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Member
North American Spine Society, Member

Education

MD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
BA, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Internship

New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Fellowship

Case Western Reserve University (Henry H. Bohlman), Cleveland, Ohio

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Selected Publications

Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr, Marnay T. "Lumbar Total Disc Replacement. Seven to Eleven-year Follow-up." J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Mar;87-A(3):490-6.

Huang RC, Girardi FP, Poynton AR, Cammisa FP Jr. "Treatment of Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myeloradiculopathy with Posterior Decompression and Fusion with Lateral Mass Plate Fixation and Local Bone Graft."  J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003 Apr;16(2):123-9.

Fraser JF, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr. "Pathogenesis, Presentation, and Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated with Coronal or Sagittal Spinal Deformities." Neurosurg Focus. 2003 Jan 15;14(1):e6.

Huang RC, Sandhu HS. "The Current Status of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement." Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan;35(1):33-42.

Huang RC, Bertagnoli R (editors). Orthopedic Clinics of North America: Nonfusion Technology in Spinal Surgery. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, July 2005.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Clinical Trials

• A Randomized Controlled Investigation of Postoperative Pain Following Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting in Spine Surgery