
Overview
An internationally renowned spine surgeon, Frank Schwab, MD, FAAOS, specializes in complex spinal pathology, pediatric and adult spinal deformity and revision reconstruction procedures. Dr Schwab s areas of clinical focus include innovating patient-specific operative treatment, optimizing sagittal realignment guidelines, emphasizing the use of pre-operative planning technologies and techniques for complex spine surgery. He is widely recognized as a leader in the field and has pioneered many aspects of spinal deformity care, especially for patients with extensive surgical histories. Dr Schwab also developed the first definitive classification of adult spinal deformity that has become a clinical standard for spinal surgeons all over the world.
Dr. Schwab is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cervical Spondylosis. His top areas of expertise are Lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 710 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Cervical Spondylosis.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
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- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
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Locations
130 East 77th Street, Black Hall 7th, 11th And 12th Floors, New York, NY 10075
525 West 36th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Schwab 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
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
3 Clinical Trials
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.
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
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
- KyphosisDr. Schwab isElite. Learn about Kyphosis.
- LordosisDr. Schwab isElite. Learn about Lordosis.
- OsteotomyDr. Schwab isElite. Learn about Osteotomy.
- ScoliosisDr. Schwab isElite. Learn about Scoliosis.
- Spinal FusionDr. Schwab isElite. Learn about Spinal Fusion.
- Distinguished
- Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisDr. Schwab isDistinguished. Learn about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Advanced
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Fractured SpineDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Fractured Spine.
- LaminectomyDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Laminectomy.
- OsteoporosisDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoporosis.
- Spinal StenosisDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Schwab isAdvanced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Experienced
- Acute PainDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pain.
- ArthritisDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Arthritis.
- Bone GraftDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- BursitisDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Facet Joint SyndromeDr. Schwab isExperienced. Learn about Facet Joint Syndrome.

