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Office
1250 Waters Place
Tower 1, 11th Floor
Bronx, NY 10461Phone+1 718-920-2060- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Mitchell S. Fourman, MD M.Phil is an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Fourman’s clinical focus is the spine, with particular interests in adult spinal deformity, adult degenerative spine pathology, metastatic cancer to the spine and primary spine tumors.
Dr. Fourman earned his Bachelor of Science at Stony Brook University in 2008, where he was a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and a SUNY Chancellor’s Award winner. Dr. Fourman attended the University of Cambridge to earn a Masters of Philosophy in Sociology in 2009 prior to completing his Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Research and the Humanities in 2014 at Stony Brook University. Dr. Fourman pursued his postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completing an internship in general surgery in 2015 followed by a residency in orthopedic surgery in 2020. He then went on to complete a clinical fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Harvard in 2021 followed by a clinical fellowship in Adult Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in 2022 under Drs. Todd Albert, Han Jo Kim and Sheeraz Qureshi.
Dr. Fourman’s research focuses include the impact of socioeconomic disparities on surgical outcomes, the management of metastatic spine disease, the implementation of value-based orthopaedic care and the use of near-infrared fluorescence imaging to identify areas of spinal nerve compression. He also studies multiple aspects of adult spinal deformity in collaboration with the International Spine Study Group (ISSG). He has won several awards for his research, including the Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research while a fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery.
Education & Training
- Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2021 - 2022
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Musculoskeletal Oncology, 2020 - 2021
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014 - 2020
- Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2014
- University of CambridgeM.Phil, Social Psychology, 2008 - 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2021 - 2024
- MA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
- PA State Medical License 2014 - 2021
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research Hospital for Special Surgery, 2022
- Top Paper Award Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, 2016
- Invited Speaker - Stony Brook TEDx Program Stony Brook University, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Disparities in postoperative complications and perioperative events based on insurance status following elective spine surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Neerav Kumar, Izzet Akosman, Richard Mortenson, Grace Xu, Abhinav Kumar, Jessica Rivlin, Rafael De La Garza Ramos, Ananth Eleswarapu, Reza Yassari, Mitchell S Fourman,...> ;North American Spine Society Journal. 2024 Mar 1
- External Validation of an Online Wound Infection and Wound Reoperation Risk Calculator After Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery.Jessica Ryvlin, Seung Woo Kim, Rafael De la Garza Ramos, Mousa Hamad, Ariel Stock, Edwin Owolo, Mitchell S Fourman, Ananth Eleswarapu, Yaroslav Gelfand, Saikiran Murth...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 9
- ASO Visual Abstract: Does Wound VAC Temporization Offer Similar Patient-Reported Outcomes as Single-Stage Excision Reconstruction After Myxofibrosarcoma Resection?Werenski, J., Gonzalez, M., Fourman, M., Hung, Y., Lozano-Calderon, S.> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Apr 1
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Abstracts/Posters
- Are the New Generation of Dorsal Plates still a Greater Risk than Volar Fixed Angle Plating? Results of a Meta-AnalysisFourman, MS; Bielicka, D; Zhang, C; Goitz, RJ; Fowler, JR, 2015 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3/2015
- Quantitative Analysis of Nipple Areola Complex Tattoo Fade Patterns: Results of a Prospective StudyLevites, HA; Lyubchik, A; Trasolini, NA; Fromm, IM; Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Khan, SU; Dagum, AB; Bui, DT, 31st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Providence, Rhode Island, 9/2014
- Characterization of Acute Venous Congestion in a Rat Model using Indocyanine Green AngiographyNasser, AE; Fourman, MS; Gersch, RP; Hsi, H; Phillips, BT; Dagum, AB; Khan, SU; Gelfand, MA; Bui, DT, 59th Plastic Surgery Research Council, New York, New York, 3/2014
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Research History
- Clinical Scientist Track - Univ of Pittsburgh Medical CenterIntegrated Research Year through Orthopaedic Surgery Residency2015 - 2016
- Research Coordinator - Stony Brook Plastic Surgery2011 - 2012
- Medical Student Summer Research Fellow - Hospital for Special Surgery2009 - 2009
- Morin Foundation Research Fellow2007 - 2008
- NSF-REU Fellow - Dept of Chemical Engineering, Princeton Univ2005 - 2005
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Candidate Member
- Musculoskeletal Tumor SocietyCandidate Member
- Cervical Spine Research SocietyCandidate Member
- Lumbar Spine Research SocietyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, New York
External Links
- Websitehttp://minimallyinvasivespineny.com
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