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Neurological Surgeon
Montefiore Health System, US
My name is Rafael De la Garza Ramos MD. I am a fellowship-trained complex spine surgeon and Director of Spine Research at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. I am also Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
I did my residency training in neurological surgery at Montefiore Einstein. This was followed by a fellowship in complex spine surgery with a focus on spine tumor surgery at Brown University.
I have a strong clinical interest in spine oncology and complex reconstruction, including primary and metastatic tumors of the spine, spinal deformity, and salvage procedures.
My research focuses on spine oncology, particularly on the impact of frailty on surgical outcomes, adverse event prediction, biomechanics of spinal reconstruction in cancer patients, and cancer health disparities.