Skip to main content
Sheng-Fu Lo, MD, Neurosurgery, Great Neck, NY, North Shore University Hospital

Sheng-FuLarryLoMDFAANS

Neurosurgery Great Neck, NY

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Director, Spine Tumor Surgery, North Shore University Hospital Co-Director, Spinal Deformity Surgery, North Shore University Hospital Associate Professor, Neurosciences, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Dr. Lo is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

  • Connect with other colleagues in the same hospital or clinic
  • Search all U.S. specialist profiles and refer a patient
  • Read the latest clinical news and earn CME/CEU credits

See Dr. Lo's full profile

Already have an account?

Summary

  • A nationally renowned expert in complex spinal disorders, Sheng-fu Larry
    Lo, MD, MHS, FAANS, has joined Northwell Health as the Director of Spine
    Tumor Surgery and Co-Director of Spinal Deformity Surgery from Johns
    Hopkins Hospital. As a master clinician, Dr. Lo treats some of the most
    challenging cases from around the country with expertise, with his care
    philosophy being how he would treat the patient as if they were his own
    family. He regularly lectures and teaches advanced surgical techniques
    around the country and has been recognized with teaching awards. As
    a highly regarded researcher, he has published numerous peer-reviewed
    articles and won awards for his research, including the Rosenblum-
    Mahaley Award as well as the Improvement in Patient Safety Award.

Clinical Expertise

  • Complex spine surgery, Spine deformity surgery, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Metastatic spinal tumors, Spinal cord tumor, Lumbosacral spine tumor, Computer-assisted surgery, Neurosurgical oncology, Thoracic spine surgery, Minimally invasive spine surgery

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityChief Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2015 - 2016
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2013 - 2015
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2010 - 2013
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Surgery, 2009 - 2010
  • Yale School of Medicine
    Yale School of MedicineClass of 2009
  • Macalester College
    Macalester CollegeB.A., Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 2001 - 2004

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2016 - 2024
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2013 - 2022
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2019
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Irving J. Sherman Award for Resident Achievement Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2015
  • Neurosurgery Chairman’s Award for Improving Patient Safety Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2015
  • Best New Technology, "Automatic labeling of vertebrae in intraoperative images using LevelCheck: a tool against wrong-level spine surgery" North American Spine Society, 2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Hippocampal Transection plus Tumor Resection as a Novel Surgical Treatment for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations  
    Wataru Ishida, Sheng-Fu Larry Lo, World Neurosurgery
  • Robot-Assisted Resection of a Presacral Schwannoma: A Technical Note  
    Lo SF, Ishida W, Allaf ME, Kalmar A, Lum YW, Wolinsky JP, World Spinal Column Journal, 2016
  • Spinopelvic Reconstruction Following Lumbosacral Tumor Resection  
    Ishida W, Elder BD, Lo SF, Witham TF, World Spinal Column Journal, 2016
  • Join now to see all

Books/Book Chapters

  • Join now to see all

Abstracts/Posters

  • Use of a Sublaminar Decompression as an Alternative to Traditional Laminectomy in Degenerative Disorders of the Spine
    Peddada KV, Elder BD, Ishida W, Lo SF, Witham TF, 10th Annual Johns Hopkins Bayview Research Symposium; 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Neurosurgical Society, Baltimore, MD, 2015; San Antonio, TX, 2016, 1/1/2016
  • New Technique for Sublaminar Decompression in the Treatment of Degenerative Disorders of the Lumbar Spine
    Kebaish K, Elder BD, Lo SF, Witham TF, 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Neurosurgical Society, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2016
  • Posterior Cervical Fusion for the Treatment of Symptomatic Pseudoarthrosis after ACDF
    Elder BD, Sankey EW, Bydon M, Goodwin CR, Lo SF, Belzberg A, Wolinsky JP, Sciubba DM, Gokaslan ZL, Bydon A, Witham TF, 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Neurosurgical Society, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2016
  • Join now to see all

Lectures

  • Humanized Mouse Models in Neuro-Oncology 
    Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - 11/16/2017
  • Surgical Management fo the Patinet with Tandem Spinal Stenosis 
    North American Spine Society Annual Meeting - 10/25/2017
  • Timing of Operative Intervention in the Cervical Trauma Patient 
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting - 10/7/2017
  • Join now to see all

Authored Content

  • Hippocampal Transection plus Tumor Resection as a Novel Surgical Treatment for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Associated with Cerebral Cavernous MalformationsJuly 2018

Committees

  • Member, North American Spine Society Section on Robotics & Navigation 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese

Hospital Affiliations