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Office
35-37 Progress St
Suite B5
Edison, NJ 08820Phone+1 732-898-3950- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am the President and Founder of the Spine and Performance Institute. The goal of our practice is to provide personalized and holistic care for individuals who require spine surgery.
Education & Training
- DartmouthMHCDS, Health Care Management, 2013 - 2015
- Dartmouth CollegeM.A., Health Care Delivery Science, 2013 - 2015
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Hospital for Joint DiseasesFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2005 - 2006
- Albany Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000 - 2005
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2004 - 2024
- PA State Medical License 2003 - 2007
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Castle Connolly Best Doctors 2016
- Top Doctors New York Magazine, 2013, 2015
- Best Paper Award Global Spine Congress, 2015
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Patient Positioning in Spine Surgery: What Spine Surgeons Should Know?Bhavuk Garg, Tungish Bansal, Nishank Mehta, Alok D Sharan> ;Asian Spine Journal. 2023 Aug 1
- 5 citationsHow to start an awake spine program: Protocol and illustrative cases.Romaric Waguia, Elisabeth Kakmou Touko, David A W Sykes, Margot Kelly-Hedrick, Fady Y Hijji, Alok D Sharan, Norah Foster, Muhammad M Abd-El-Barr> ;IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 2022 Dec 1
- 3 citationsPerioperative outcomes of general versus spinal anesthesia in the lumbar spine surgery population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 2005 through 2021.David Urick, Brandon Sciavolino, Timothy Y Wang, Dhanesh K Gupta, Alok Sharan, Muhammed M Abd-El-Barr> ;Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2022 Jul 1
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Journal Articles
- The Role of Value Chain Analysis in Health careSharan AD, Schroeder G, West M, Vaccaro A, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 1/1/2015
- Managing the Delivery of Health Care What can healthcare learn from the business community?Sharan AD, Millhouse P, Vaccaro A, Schroeder G, West M, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 1/1/2015
- Extensive ossification of the ligamentum flavum treated with triple stage decompression: a case reportShepard NA, Shenoy K, Cho W, Sharan AD, Spine Journal, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- The fate of bulging discs after multi-level posterior cervical decompression and fusion for spondylotic cervical myelopathyAyan S, Sharan AD, North American Spine Society 30th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
- Adjacent Segment Level Ossific Disease After ACDF: Comparative Study Between Stand-Alone Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion (SAACIF) Device and Conventional PlatingSharan AD, Ayan S, Cho W, Shein D, Abouelrigal M, American Spine Society 30th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
- The Cost of Orthopaedic Operating Room WasteStelma S, Hossack M, Cho W, Sharan AD, Institute for Healthcare Improvement 26th Annual National Forum, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2014
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Lectures
- Minimally Invasive Stereotactic Separation Surgery for Resection of Metastatic Spine Lesion: A Feasibility StudyBuenos Aires, Argentina - 1/1/2015
- My Innovation JourneyPhiladelphia, PA - 1/1/2015
- Innovation in Health Care DeliveryJacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY - 1/1/2015
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Other
- Primer on Medical Applications for the Palm PilotSharan AD, House Staff Herald
Albany Medical Center - 1/1/2002 - Degenerative SpondylolisthesisSharan AD
www.understandspinesurgery.com - Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery for ScoliosisCzerwein J, Sharan AD, Amaral T, Sarwahi V
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Press Mentions
- 3 Skills Independent Physicians NeedApril 20th, 2022
- Here's What Could Draw More Physicians to Private PracticeApril 18th, 2022
- Physicians' Biggest Enemy in Providing Patient CareApril 14th, 2022
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Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Spanish, Hindi
Hospital Affiliations
- Burke Rehabilitation HospitalWhite Plains, New York
- St. John's Riverside HospitalYonkers, New York
- White Plains Hospital CenterWhite Plains, New York
- Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, New Jersey
- Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, New Jersey
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