Ruben Itamar Kuzniecky, MD

As Chief of the Adult Joint Reconstruction Center of North Shore University Hospital/ Northwell Health, Dr Asnis oversees a very talented group of Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Joint Replacement Surgeons preforming both inpatient and outpatient total knee and total hip replacements. He is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the North Shore LIJ Medical Center, Chairman of the North Shore Physical Therapy Committee; and Presidentof the NSUH Medical Staff Society.Dr. Asnis has published multiple journal articles, a textbook, and has made many presentations and exhibits at both national and international meetings. He has been the recipient of numerous honors, including the national Hip Society s Frank E. Stinchfield Award for orthopedic research. Recently, Dr. Asnis was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and has been included for many years in Who s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Best Doctors in America, and New York Magazine s Best Doctors. He has developed such orthopedic devices as the Stryker Howmedica s Asnis GuidedScrew System, the Universal Compression Screw, Biomet s Rx90 Total Hip System, and the Monolock Component of the Vanguard Total Knee System. He continues to do research in hip and knee biomechanics. Dr. Asnis is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery andthe National Board of Medical Examiners. He is also a fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College Surgeons. Dr. Asnis earned his medical degree from Washington University School ofMedicine, St. Louis, MO. He did both his orthopedic residency and fellowship atthe Hospital for Special Surgery.

Souhel Najjar, MD is the Chair of Neurology at Lenox Hill Hospital and Staten Island University Hospital and is Chair and Professor of Neurology at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. Dr. Najjar is a world-renowned physician, internationally recognized for his clinical, research and teaching expertise, having dedicated his career to the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, neuroinflammation-related neuropsychiatric disorders and autoimmune disorders of central nervous system.Dr. Najjar received his MD from Demascus Medical School in Syria and completed residencies in pathology and neurology at Albany Medical College. Following residency Dr. Najjar completed a fellowship in neuropathology at the NYU School of Medicine as well as a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at NYU s Hospital for Joint Diseases.Prior to his appointment at North Shore-LIJ, Dr. Najjar was the Director of Neurosciences and Director of Stroke at SIUH, as well as the Director of Epilepsy Quality Assurance and Associate Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Najjar was also the Founder and Director of the Epilepsy Center Division of the NYU Department of Neurology s Neuroinflammation Research Group.Dr. Najjar was featured in the New York Times best-selling novel Brain on Fire, a memoir written by Susannah Cahalan, a reporter from the New York Post. Dr. Najjar diagnosed Ms. Cahalan with a rare autoimmune disease in which the body was attacking her brain. This illness is now thought to have been the cause of demonic possessions throughout history.In addition, Dr. Najjar has been featured in several nationally syndicated broadcast interviews including TLC s Mystery Diagnosis, NBC-TV s Today show and ABC-TV s Katie Couric Show. Dr. Najjar has also been featured in Oprah magazine and Forbes magazine and has been included in Best Doctors issues published by US News and World Report and New York magazine. Dr. Najjar was also recognized in Exceptional Parent Magazine s Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the care of children with epilepsy, cerebral palsy, movement disorders and related disabilities. Dr. Najjar s work has been widely published and is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. He is also the Co-Director of the Scientific Planning Committee of the Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance and lectures regularly both nationally and internationally.