
Overview
David A. Essig, MD is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He has clinical interests in spinal deformity surgery, spinal infections, spine trauma, metastatic spinal disease, and degenerative conditions of the adult spine.
He received a BA in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics and Economics from Yale University. He earned his medical degree at the University of Toledo School of Medicine in Ohio and subsequently returned to Yale University to train in Orthopaedic Surgery. He received fellowship training in Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He has also completed the AOA/USC APEX Leadership Program through the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.
Dr. Essig is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society, AO Spine, and the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr. Essig was also elected by his peers to the American Orthopaedic Association, a prestigious national society for leadership. He currently serves on the AOA Own the Bone (OTB) Education Subcommittee, and is an active member of the Spinopelvic Study Group. He has been an invited reviewer for multiple journals, and is currently on the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Spine. He has multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals, along with multiple presentations at prestigious spine society meetings. He also serves as a spine consultant for the New York Islanders. He has been recognized as a Castle Connelly Top Doctor as well as a Super Doctor in the NY Times.
Dr. Essig is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 41 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
611 Northern Boulevard, Suite 200, Great Neck, NY 11021
410 Lakeville Road, Suite 303, Lake Success, NY 11042
Clinical Research
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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.
Todd Albert is an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Albert is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Han Kim is an Orthopedics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Kim is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Lordosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Fractured SpineDr. Essig isDistinguished. Learn about Fractured Spine.
- KyphosisDr. Essig isDistinguished. Learn about Kyphosis.
- ScoliosisDr. Essig isDistinguished. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal StenosisDr. Essig isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Essig isDistinguished. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Advanced
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Herniated Disc SurgeryDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery.
- Herniated DiskDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- LaminectomyDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Laminectomy.
- MicrodiscectomyDr. Essig isAdvanced. Learn about Microdiscectomy.
- Experienced
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- CoccydyniaDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Coccydynia.
- Decerebrate PostureDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Decerebrate Posture.
- Decorticate PostureDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Decorticate Posture.
- DiskitisDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Diskitis.
- SciaticaDr. Essig isExperienced. Learn about Sciatica.

