Credentials

Chief of the Spine Surgery Department
Lenox Hill Hospital
130 East 77th street, 7th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10075
Tel: 212-71-SPINE (212-717-7463)

Web Site: http://www.bitanmd.com
http://www.discreplacement.com

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Scoliosis, and Other Spinal Deformities (Children and adults)
  
  
• Degenerative Spine (Lumbar and Cervical)
  
  
• Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
  
  
• Total Disc Replacement and Other Motion Preservation Technologies
  
  
• Kyphoplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures
  
  

Medical and Scientific Societies memberships:

Scoliosis research Society,
North American Spine Society
The Spine Arthroplasty Society
The New York Academy of Science
The American Back Society
The American Association of Physician Specialists
The International Spinal Deformity Study Group
American College of Spine Surgery
Argos International
Société Française de Chirurgie Rachidienne
Association of French Speaking Physician

EDUCATION:

Paris University
Residency in Paris,
M.D. 1985

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

Residency (Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris)
Institut Calot (Berk-sur-Mer) (Pediatric Orthopedics)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Hopital Beaujon (Paris)
Hopital des Enfants Malades Pediatric Orthopedics

PRIVATE PRACTICE

1990-1996
Clinique Saint Léonard (ANGERS, FRANCE)
(Private Orthopedic Institute)

U.S. FELLOWSHIPS

1996-1997, Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship Hospital for Special Surgery, New-York
1997-1998, Spine Surgery Fellowship Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

LICENSURE:

• France 1985
• New York 1998
• E.C.F.M.G. Graduate 1995
• Connecticut 2008
• New Jersey 2009

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

1989 - French board of orthopedic surgery certification
2000 - U.S. Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery (AAPS)