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Office
1 Blachley Road
Stamford, CT 06902Phone+1 212-606-1946- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2000 - 2001
- University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1995 - 2000
- University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 1997 - Present
- NY State Medical License 2000 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- CT State Medical License 2005 - 2024
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2014
Clinical Trials
- Restore CLINICAL TRIAL Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Understanding the Interplay Between Paraspinal Muscle Atrophy and Lumbar Endplate Degeneration: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study.Lukas Schönnagel, Jiaqi Zhu, Ali E Guven, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Soji Tani, Thomas Caffard, Henryk Haffer, Maximilian Muellner, Erika Chiapparelli, Krizia Amoroso, A...> ;Spine. 2023 Sep 12
- Severe Intervertebral Vacuum Phenomenon is Associated With Higher Preoperative Low Back Pain, ODI, and Indication for Fusion in Patients With Degenerative Lumbar Spond...Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Lukas Schönnagel, Thomas Caffard, Jiaqi Zhu, Soji Tani, Erika Chiapparelli, Artine Arzani, Jennifer Shue, Roland Duculan, Mariana Bendersky, W...> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2023 Aug 25
- Abdominal aortic calcification is independently associated with lumbar endplate degeneration.Lukas Schönnagel, Maximilian Muellner, Phillip Suwalski, Jiaqi Zhu, Ali E Guven, Thomas Caffard, Soji Tani, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Henryk Haffer, Erika Chiapparelli,...> ;European Spine Journal. 2023 Aug 16
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Press Mentions
- HSS Names Sheeraz Qureshi, M.D., MBA Co-Chief of Spine ServiceAugust 24th, 2022
- 59 Great Orthopedic Surgeons Recommended by Healthcare Leaders FeaturedFebruary 12th, 2016
Hospital Affiliations
- New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York
- Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, New York
- Hospital for Special SurgeryParamus, New Jersey
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