
Overview
"Mitchell E. Levine, MD joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in 2005 after over 20 years of practice and is currently the Director of Spine Surgery within the Division of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is also Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. During his career Dr. Levine has concentrated on complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, facial pain, trigeminal neuralgia, pain modulation procedures and radiosurgery.Dr. Levine received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and continued his training there in neurosurgery. Under the pioneering microneurosurgeon Dr. Leonard Malis, Dr. Levine was appointed Director of Spinal Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai and then the Director of Neurosurgery at The New York Hospital Queens before joining the North Shore-LIJ Health System. As a resident, he won the prestigious New York Neurosurgical Society Resident Award. Dr. Levine was also a National Institutes of Health neurotraumatolgy fellow at the Medical College of Virginia.Among his accomplishments, Dr. Levine performed the first ""early"" aneurysm surgery at Mount Sinai and pioneered the use of temporary clip occlusion in complex aneurysm cases. More recently.
Dr. Levine is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epidural Abscess. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Herniated Disk, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Nancy Epstein is a Neurosurgery provider in Garden City, New York. Dr. Epstein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epidural Abscess. Her top areas of expertise are Arachnoiditis, Spondylolisthesis, Epidural Hematoma, Laminectomy, and Bone Graft.
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 Epidural Abscess. His top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Scoliosis, Bone Tumor, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Northwell Health Neurosurgery & Spine
Sheng-fu Larry Lo, MD, MHS, FAANS, is a nationally renowned neurosurgeon who serves as the Chief of Spine Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He joins us from The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as the Director of Spinal Oncology. He is a complex spine specialist, with special emphasis on spine tumors, spinal deformity, craniocervical junction abnormalities and spinal vascular disorders.As a master clinician in his field, Dr. Lo treats some of the country's most challenging surgical cases. He provides his full attention to all his patients, giving them the same compassion and respect that he d give a family member. Patients also value Dr. Lo's conservative approach when assessing the need for surgery, exploring all nonoperative measures first before considering surgical intervention.Collaboration in care is also important to Dr. Lo. He tailors each treatment plan based on his patients individual needs, and when necessary, teams up with Northwell experts from numerous fields, including physiatry, pain management, oncology and orthopedics.Dr. Lo is an Associate Professor in Neurosurgery at the Zucker School of Medicine and is passionate about training the next generation of neurosurgeons. He regularly teaches advanced surgical techniques across the country, and has been recognized with various teaching awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award at Johns Hopkins Hospital. A widely recognized researcher, Dr. Lo has been published in more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, and has won many awards for his research, including the Rosenblum-Mahaley Award and the Improvement in Patient Safety Award. His recently published studies include novel sacrectomy techniques with nerve root preservation and sacroplasty reconstruction techniques with motion preservation. Dr. Lo has received many recognitions for clinical excellence. In 2015, he won the Irving J. Sherman Award for Resident Achievement. He has also been named a Castle Connolly Rising Star in 2021 immediately upon arriving in New York, among many other honors. Prior to arriving at Northwell, Dr. Lo received his medical training at Yale University School of Medicine, graduating with a combined medical and master of health sciences degree. He completed a residency in neurosurgery, and a fellowship in complex spine surgery and spinal oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Lo is part of many notable organizations and serves on numerous committees, including the Section on Spinal Oncology for the North American Spine Society and Program Committee for the Lumbar Spine Research Society. He is a member of the Spine Tumor Academy, a global coalition of leading experts in spinal oncology. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Lo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epidural Abscess. His top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Spinal Tumor, Epidural Abscess, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Spinal StenosisDr. Levine isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- Advanced
- SpondylolisthesisDr. Levine isAdvanced. Learn about Spondylolisthesis.
- Experienced
- Cervical Disc SurgeryDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Disc Surgery.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Epidural AbscessDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Epidural Abscess.
- Herniated Disc SurgeryDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Herniated Disc Surgery.
- Herniated DiskDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Levine isExperienced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.

