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Contact Information:

Christopher J. Winfree, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Center for Chronic Pelvic Pain

710 West 168th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10032

(212) 342-2776 (Office)
(212) 305-4108 (Fax)

cjw12@columbia.edu

Additional Office Location:
1200 East Ridgewood Ave, 2nd Floor
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

(201) 327-8600 (Office)
(201) 327-8225 (Fax)
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College.
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Residency: The Neurological Institute of New York.
Fellowship:

Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, David G. Kline, MD

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Kim J. Burchiel, MD

Clinical Interests:

Peripheral nerve tumors, entrapments, injuries, brachial plexus avulsions, nerve repairs, and nerve transfers.

Failed back surgery syndrome, back pain, neck pain, postherpetic neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, facial pain, and pelvic pain.

Research Interests:

Spinal cord bypass surgery, in which peripheral nerves from above the level of spinal cord injury are plugged into the spinal cord below the level of injury to permit recovery of function.

Publications:
Contact Information:

Richard C.E. Anderson, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Division of Pediatric Neurological Surgery

710 West 168th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10032

(212) 305-0219 (Office)
(212) 305-3629 (Fax)

rca24@columbia.edu

Undergraduate: University of Colorado at Boulder.
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Residency: The Neurological Institute of New York.
Fellowship:

Pediatric neurosurgery, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah School of Medicine.

Clinical Interests:

Obstetrical brachial plexus palsies, pediatric brachial plexus tumors, pediatric spinal stabilization and instrumentation, pediatric spasticity including minimally invasive selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pumps, pediatric brain tumors, congenital spinal disorders, hydrocephalus, and neuroendoscopy.

Research Interests:

Immunology of pediatric brain tumors.

Publications:
Contact Information:

Vincent Carrao DDS, MD

Associate Program Director
Assistant Clinical Professor
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

630 West 168th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10032

(212) 305-4552 (Office)
(212) 305-9649 (Fax)

vc24@columbia.edu

Additional Office Location: Palisades Oral Surgery

1530 Palisade Ave
Fort Lee, NJ 07024

(201) 585-8282 (Office) (201) 585-0805 (Fax)
Undergraduate: New York University
Dental School: Columbia University School of Dental & Oral Surgery
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Clinical Interests:

Orthognathic surgery, maxillofacial reconstruction, maxillofacial deformities both congenital and developmental including cleft lip & palate, maxillofacial trauma, peripheral nerve injury, and implants.

Publications:
Contact Information:
Heidi Klingbeil
Heidi Klingbeil , MD

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine

180 Fort Washington Avenue, 1st Floor
New York, NY 10032

(212) 305-3535 (Office)
(212) 342-1470 (Fax)

hk2456@columbia.edu

Undergraduate: Colorado State University
Medical School: The University of Colorado
Residency: The University of Colorado
Board Certified:

Pain Medicine

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Clinical Interests:

Pelvic pain, pain syndromes and neurological rehabilitation, peripheral nerve entrapment, musculoskeletal conditions and pain syndromes, geriatric rehabilitation

 


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