Honors and Awards:

Consistenly named to New Yorm Magazine Top Doctors

Castle Connelly Top Doctors New York Metro  Area

SuperDoctors New York

Special Licenses/Certifications:

New York State Board for Medicine

National Board of Medical Examiners

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Activity:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Spinal Injury Association

North American Spine Society

Scoliosis Research Society

Publications, Lectures and Presentations:

Joseph SA Jr, Moreno AP, Brandoff J, Casden AC, Kuflik P, Neuwirth MG. Sagittal plane deformity in the adult patient. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009 Jun;17(6):378-88.

2009

Tayyab, NA, MD; Mariller MM., MD MPH; Rivlin M.; Berekashvili K. MD. MPH; Bitan FD., MD; Casden AM., MD; Kuflik P., MD FAAOS; Neuwirth MG., MD. Efficacy of Aprotinin as a Blood Conservation Technique for Adult Deformity Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study. Spine. 2008 Jul 15;33(16):1775-81.

2008

Joseph, SA Jr., MD; Berekashvili K. MD MPH; Mariller, MM., MD; Rivlin, M.; Sharma, K., MD; Casden, A., MD; Bitan, F., MD; Kuflik, P., MD; Neuwirth, M., MD. Blood Conservation Techniques in Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Retrospective Review of Patients Refusing Blood Transfusion. Spine. 2008 Oct 1;33(21):2310-5.

 

2008

Roonprapunt, C. MD, PhD; Mariller, MM. MD, MPH; Rivlin, M. BA; Petchprapa, CN. MD; Math, K. MD; Bitan, FD. MD; Casden, AM. MD; Kuflik, P. MD, FAAOS; and Neuwirth, MG. MD. Fusion Rates of Patients Treated with rhBMP-2 (Infuse) in Primary Multilevel Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery.
Submitted for publication to The American Journal of Orthopedics.

2008

Chiappetta, G. MD; Berekashvili, K. MD MPH; Casden, A MD; Kuflik, P MD; Neuwirth, M. MD; and Persky, M MD. The Complication Rate in Revision Cervical Surgery Using Previous Surgical Incision: A Retrospective Study
Submitted for publication to Spine.

2008

"Change in Neuroforaminal Dimensions after Lumbar Interbody Fusion" Jared Brandoff, MD; Ketevan Berekashvili MD MPH; Navin Subramanian, MD; Valeriy Kheyfits, MD; Kevin Math, MD; Andrew Casden MD; Paul Kuflik MD; Michael Neuwirth, MD.
Submitted for E-poster or oral presentation to 43rd Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) meeting and 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST)

2008

"Incidence of Stress Fracture after Lumbar Fusion" Samuel A. Joseph Jr. MD; Ketevan Berekashvili MD MPH; Andrew Casden MD; Paul Kuflik MD; Michael Neuwirth MD.
Submitted for E-poster or oral presentation to 43rd Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) meeting and 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST)

2008

"Patient Satisfaction Following Three or More Level Circumferential Spinal Fusion for Degenerative Conditions of Lumbar Spine." Adam Wollowick MD; Ketevan Berekashvili MD MPH; Mark Menkowitz MD; Andrew Casden MD; Paul Kuflik MD; Michael Neuwirth MD.
Submitted for E-poster or oral presentation to North American Spine Society 23rd Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada.

2008

Wollowick AL, MD; Casden AM, MD; Kuflik, P., MD; Neuwirth, MG., MD. Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Cervical Spine: What You Need to Know. The American Journal of Orthopedics, August 2007 pages 400-406.

 

2007

"Efficacy of Aprotinin as a Blood Conservation Technique for Adult Deformity Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study" Neil A. Tayyab, MD; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD, MPH; Michael Rivlin; Andrew Casden, MD; Fabian Bitan, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD; Michael G. Neuwirth, MD.
Presented as oral presentation at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Paradise Islands, Bahamas, 2007

2007

"Efficacy of Aprotinin as a Blood Conservation Technique for Adult Deformity Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study" Neil A. Tayyab, MD; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD, MPH; Michael Rivlin; Andrew Casden, MD; Fabian Bitan, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD; Michael G. Neuwirth, MD.
Presented as e-poster at Scoliosis Research Society, Edinburgh, Scottland, 2007

 

2007

"Fusion Rates of Patients Treated with RhBMP-2(infuse) in Primary Multilevel Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery"
Michael Rivlin; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD, MPH; Chan Roonprapunt, MD, PhD; Kevin Math, MD; Catherine N. Petchprapa, MD; Fabien D. Bitan, MD; Andrew M. Casden, MD; Michael G. Neuwirth, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD, FAAOS,
Presented at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Athens, Greece, 2006

2006

"Spinal Deformity Surgery in Patients Refusing Blood Transfusion"
Krishn M. Sharma, MD; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD; Andrew Casden, MD; Fabian Bitan, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD; Michael Neuwirth, MD, Presented to Scoliosis Research Society, Monterey, USA, 2006 and at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Athens, Greece, 2006

2006

Kokoszka A, Kuflik P, Bitan F, Casden A, Neuwirth M. Evidence-Based Review of the Role of Aprotinin in Blood Conservation During Orthopaedic Surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 2005; 87:1129-1136

2005

Bitan FD. Neuwirth MG. Kuflik PL. Casden A. Bloom N. Siddiqui S. The use of short and rigid anterior instrumentation in the treatment of idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis: a retrospective review of 24 cases. [Journal Article] Spine. 27(14):1553-7, 2002 Jul 15.

2002

J. Cohen , K.S.Lee, G. Henry, Michael G. Neuwirth, P.L. Kuflik, A.M. Casden, Bitan FD. Intra operative arterial line artifact associated with SSEP's and Motor Evoked Potentials. Am. J. END Technol. 39:165-172, 1999

1999

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Educational Background:

Undergraduate
Cornell University, BA
Ithaca, New York

Medical school
Cornell University Medical College
New York, New York
 

Surgery Internship
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

 

Orthopedic Residency
Hospital for Joint Diseases
Orthopaedic Institute
New York, New York

 

Spine Fellowship
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois