Russel C. Huang, MD
Dr. Russel C. Huang was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Yale School of Medicine. After completing orthopaedic surgery residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Huang completed 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
Chief of Spine Surgery, James J. Peters VAMC Hospital
Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Specialty
Orthopedic Surgery
Subspecialty
Spine
Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
State Licensure
New York
Education
MD, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
BA, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Internship
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, US
Residency
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, US
Fellowship
Case Western Reserve University (Henry H. Bohlman), Cleveland, Ohio, US
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
Selected Publications
"Lumbar total disc replacement. Seven to eleven-year follow-up." Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr, Marnay T. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Mar;87-A(3):490-6.
"Treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy with posterior decompression and fusion with lateral mass plate fixation and local bone graft." Huang RC, Girardi FP, Poynton AR, Cammisa Jr FP. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003 Apr;16(2):123-9.
"Pathogenesis, presentation, and treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis associated with coronal or sagittal spinal deformities." Fraser JF, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr. Neurosurg Focus. 2003 Jan 15;14(1):e6.
"The current status of lumbar total disc replacement." Huang RC, Sandhu HS. 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.
