
Merritt Drew Kinon MD
Neurosurgical Spine Surgery
Section Chief of Spine Surgery Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics
Westchester Medical Center Advanced Physician Services, PC100 Woods Road, Macy Pavilion, Suite 1325Valhalla, NY 10595
Fax+1 914-493-2060
Overview of Dr. Kinon
Dr. Merritt Kinon is a neurosurgeon in Valhalla, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Westchester Medical Center, St. Anthony Community Hospital, and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice 10 years. He specializes in neurosurgical spine surgery and is experienced in neurosurgical oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, spine surgery, spine traumatology, and spine deformity surgery. He has more than 70 publications and over 450 citings.
Education & Training
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2008 - 2014
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 2007 - 2008
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2015 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2009 - 2027
NC State Medical License 2013 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2019 - 2021
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Predictive potential of radiographic characteristics on outcomes after Chiari Decompression surgery: A meta-analysis of the literature.Ankita Jain, Donald MacElroy, Aryan Malhotra, Zachary Thomas, Raphael Bienenstock
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2025-10-19 - Infectious Complications of Stereotactic Navigation in Posterior or Posterolateral Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Fusion and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenera...Christian Rajkovic, Victor Koltenyuk, A Daniel Davidar, Ariel Sacknovitz, Jovanna Tracz
The Spine Journal. 2025-10-15 - Lumbar spinal fusion in postmenopausal women with a history of hormone replacement therapy.Donald MacElroy, Ankita Jain, Geet Shukla, Harshadkumar Patel, John V Wainwright
Journal of Orthopaedics. 2025-09-01
Professional Memberships
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