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    Tanvir Choudhri, MD

    Neurosurgeon
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Dr. Choudhri is a board-certified neurosurgeon and Co-Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Program in Mount Sinai's Department of Neurosurgery. After graduating with distinction (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, he completed his neurosurgery training at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and NY Neurological Institute. He then completed additional spine fellowship training at the Barrow Neurological Institute under Dr. Sonntag, an internationally-renowned spine surgeon.

    Dr. Choudhri's chief clinical interests include:

    Cervical spine disorders/surgery
    Minimally-invasive spine surgery (cervical and lumbar)
    Intradural spine tumor surgery
    Sports neurosurgery, including concussion management

    His overall practice covers a wide range of spinal disorders:

    Minimally-invasive spine surgery: microscopic/endoscopic surgery
    Craniovertebral junction disorders: chiari malformation, occipital-cervical instability
    Cervical spine disorders: neck/arm pain, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, spondylosis
    Thoracic spine disorders: herniated discs, tumors, paraspinal biopsies
    Lumbosacral spine disorders: low back/leg pain, herniated discs, spinal stenosis
    Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury
    Spinal tumors: intramedullary, intradural, extradural, paraspinal
    Spinal deformity: scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal instability, post-op kyphosis repair
    Congenital spine disease: diastematomyelia, dermal sinus, myelomeningocele
    Peripheral nerve surgery: carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve, meralgia paresthetica and tumors
    Dr. Choudhri frequently participates in educating other spine surgeons at national/international conferences. He is active in leading Neurosurgical and Spine organizations and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves and the Joint Section on Neurotrauma. He has served on national multispecialty committees that developed and published guidelines for lumbar and cervical spine surgery. Dr. Choudhri has co-edited a textbook, Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery.

    Dr. Choudhri has been selected for inclusion in numerous "best doctor" lists including Castle Connolly Top Doctors and NY Metro Top Doctors (2013-2025), Best Doctors in America (2007-2008), Montclair Who's Who in Healthcare (2008-2009), and New York Super Doctors (2009).

    Dr. Choudhri's research interests focus on spinal injury, cervical spinal disorders, minimally-invasive techniques, and improving outcome from spine surgery and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) including concussions and subconcusive injuries.

    Dr. Choudhri is the Chair of the Sports Injury Committee of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma. He is also collaborating consultant for Concussion Management of New York and a member of the Mount Sinai Play Safe Program, which provides multidisciplinary care to injured athletes and technical assistance, as well as education to families and school personnel.

    Disclosure(s): BK Meditech: Advisor (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing), Stock Options (Ongoing); SGN Nanopharma: Advisor (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing), Stock Options (Ongoing)

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