
Overview
Dr. Aladine A. Elsamadicy is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Donald and Barbra Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health. He completed his undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University, where he studied biomedical engineering and mathematics, and was awarded Vanderbilt Top 10 Outstanding Seniors Award. He completed his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine where he developed his passion for Neurosurgery and Spine. Dr. Elsamadicy was a Feagin Leadership Scholar and received multiple research awards including the Eugen A. Stead, Jr. Research Scholarship and the B.W. Stiles Scholarship.
Dr. Elsamadicy completed his neurosurgery residency at the Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was awarded with the Dennis D. Spencer Award in Academic Achievement, the Resident Teaching Award, and the Paul Kalanithi Award. Before he completed his training, he completed a Pediatric Spine Deformity Fellowship at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and later served as Chief Resident for the Department of Neurosurgery.
Dr. Elsamadicy has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications mostly focused on clinical outcomes research in Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery. Given his work, he was recognized by the North American Spine Society (NASS) 20 Under 40.
To Dr. Elsamadicy, the most gratifying part of his profession is the ability to provide meaningful connections with his patients and improve their quality of life through skilled-surgical approaches to the spine.
Dr. Elsamadicy currently works in the Northwell Health Department of Neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he focuses on treatment of patients with spinal disorders, including spine deformity, scoliosis, degenerative disc disease, cervical/thoracic spinal cord stenosis, myelopathy, spine fractures and more.
Dr. Elsamadicy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Tumor, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Cervical Spondylosis, Spinal Fusion, and Laminectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 259 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Cervical Spondylosis.
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Locations
444 Merrick Road, Suite 106A, Lynbrook, NY 11563
805 Northern Boulevard, Suite 100, Great Neck, NY 11021
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Elsamadicy has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Maxim Spine
John Knightly, a long-standing member of the medical staffs at Morristown Memorial Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center, is a practicing neurosurgeon with 30 years of experience and a subspecialty interest in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery. He is the Past-President, Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists and Altair Health as well as Chief of Quality, Atlantic Neuroscience Institute. He currently serves as the Vice President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) as well as Chairman of the Neurosurgical Quality Council of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee.A multi-timed named Castle Connelly Top-Doctor recipient, both regionally and nationally, his other areas of specialty interest and research include health care policy, outcomes and registry science, and quality improvement on which he has published extensively. He has served as Chair of the Joint Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) as well as chair of the of the Quality Improvement Workforce of the AANS/CNS and the AANS representative to the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. Dr Knightly has also served as an unaffiliated neurosurgical consultant for the NFL.On a national basis, Dr Knightly is a Past Chairman, Board of Directors, for NeuroPoint Alliance and was appointed a founding member of the executive committee of the newly created American Spinal Registry (ASR) on which he still serves. He is a former Vice-Chairman and Director on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS) and has had appointments on several committees within the AANS, American College of Surgeons as well as the National Quality Forum.Dr Knightly’s primary passion is the care of his patients, maximizing the care he gives to his patients striving to perform the right care, for the right patient at the right time. Dr. Knightly is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Myelopathy, Cervical Spondylosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
North Shore-Lij Medical PC
Daniel Sciubba is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Neurologist in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Sciubba is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Scoliosis, Bone Tumor, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Weill Medical College Of Cornell
Michael Virk is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Virk has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Spondylosis, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Spinal FusionDr. Elsamadicy isElite. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- Distinguished
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- HydrocephalusDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- LaminectomyDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Laminectomy.
- ScoliosisDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal Cord AbscessDr. Elsamadicy isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Cord Abscess.
- Advanced
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- AstrocytomaDr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Bone TumorDr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain TumorDr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Chiari MalformationDr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Elsamadicy isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.
- Experienced
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Bone GraftDr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- Carotid Artery SurgeryDr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Carotid Artery Surgery.
- Cerebral Ventricle CancerDr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Ventricle Cancer.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeakDr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.
- Chiari Malformation Type 1Dr. Elsamadicy isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 1.

