Pahk, Raymond B MD

Dr. Galal Elsayed is an award-winning neurosurgeon with advanced fellowship training in endoscopic, minimally invasive, and complex reconstructive spine surgery from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Elsayed has training in the use of augmented reality and robotics and has pioneered surgical planning using virtual reality/spatial computing for minimally invasive spine surgery and complex spinal reconstructions. He practices at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. Dr. Elsayeds practice treats the full spectrum of spinal disorders, including disc herniations, age-related arthritis, infections, primary and metastatic spinal tumors, fractures, spinal cord injury, congenital anomalies, scoliosis, and kyphosis. Using cutting-edge technology, Dr. Elsayed personalizes his surgical approach with a focus on safety using three-dimensional planning in virtual reality. A significant portion of Dr. Elsayeds practice is dedicated to revision surgeries for patients who have had prior spine surgery. Dr. Elsayed uses and is involved in the development of cutting-edge surgical technology such as intraoperative navigation, ultra-minimally invasive endoscopy, and the use of spatial computing platforms. Dr. Elsayeds most prized focus is on patient education; he enjoys helping patients explore their own spine in virtual reality during clinic visits.NEWS: Dr. Galal Elsayed Named a Rising Star in List of 2024 SuperDoctorsDr. Elsayed is an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery and an Assistant Attending Neurosurgeon at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he primarily sees patients at the Long Island City office.RESEARCHDr. Elsayed has received numerous awards for his research, including the Griffith R. Harsh III Research Award and the Richard B. Morawetz Research Award (three years in a row), where he was also named the University of Alabama-Birmingham Clinical Research Buchalter Scholar in 2019. He has twice been awarded a Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Young Surgeons Grant and has received the Cervical Spine Research Society Scholarship. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on neurological surgery and contributed a chapter to Dr. Ali Baajs recent edition of theHandbook of Spine Surgery. He has also authored a chapter in Dr. Nitin AgarwalsSurviving Neurosurgery. Dr. Elsayed is also an entrepreneur who founded Neurite, an artificial intelligence company that has worked with the United States Department of Defense and the Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute for pandemic relief during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Elsayed has presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and has been invited to the United States White House to present his research to Health and Human Services.___________________________________FOR MORE INFORMATION:Please visit comprehensivespine.weillcornell.org for more information about conditions we treat and procedures we perform.

Aditya Derasari, MD is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement surgery and correction of failed joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Derasari also treats arthritis of the hip and knee non-surgically. Dr. Derasari completed his fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas and his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital/ Jackson Health System. He earned his medical degree from University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine. As a medical student, Dr. Derasarie was selected to be part of the Howard Hughes Medicine Institute - National Institute of Health Research Scholars Program, spending a year in laboratories at the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, conducting mentored biomedical research. He also earned the Martin and Ruth Silbiger Scholarship in Research; awarded to a graduating senior who made great contributions to research efforts at the USF College of Medicine. Dr. Derasari graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Florida.Dr. Derasari is published in several medical journals, including, Physical Therapy, Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, Journal of Orthopedic Research and the Bone and Joint Journal.