John J. Knightly
Expertise in
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Dr. John J. Knightly

Neurosurgery
Atlantic Health
Maxim Brain And Spine
197 Ridgedale Avenue, Suite 225, 
Cedar Knolls, NJ 
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Expertise in
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Atlantic Health
Maxim Brain And Spine
197 Ridgedale Avenue, Suite 225, 
Cedar Knolls, NJ 
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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 is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Myelopathy, Cervical Spondylosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 104 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Medicine And Dentistry Of NJ
Residency
National Naval Medical Center
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in NJ
Board Certifications
American Board Of Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Barrow Neurological Institute
Hospital Affiliations
Overlook Medical Center
Morristown Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Maxim brain and spine
197 Ridgedale Avenue, Suite 225, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Call: 973-206-1477

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.


104 Total Publications

In Reply: Are There Differences in 2-Year Outcomes Between 2-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion Versus Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion to Treat Cervical Myelopathy? A Quality Outcomes Database Study.
In Reply: Are There Differences in 2-Year Outcomes Between 2-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion Versus Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion to Treat Cervical Myelopathy? A Quality Outcomes Database Study.
Journal: Neurosurgery
Published: August 10, 2025
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