Federico P. Girardi, MD

Dr. Federico P. Girardi specializes in the surgical treatment of different spinal disorders, including but not limited to: degenerative (disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, stenosis), deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis, flat-back), metabolic (osteoporosis), fractures, and tumors of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.

He has done extensive clinical research involving the areas of minimally invasive surgery, clinical outcomes of different surgical procedures, and imaging modalities of the spine. He is also interested in the basic science aspects of bone, disc and nerve tissue regeneration as well as the investigation of alternatives to spinal fusion for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.

Appointments

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Orthopedics, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Spine

Special Expertise

Lumbar, Thoracic, and Cervical Spinal Disorders
Degenerative Conditions: Disc herniations, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis
Spinal Deformities (Scoliosis, Kyphosis)
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Spine Non-fusion Surgery

Awards

Best Resident Research Study, 1993

Affiliations

Member, North American Spine Society (NASS)
Member, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)
Member, European Spine Society (ESS)
Member, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)
Member, Spine Arthoplasty Society (SAS)

Specialized Centers

• Spine Care Institute

Education

MD, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario,  Argentina

Residency

Hospital de Clinicas “Jose de San Martin” Buenos Aires University, Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Spine & Scoliosis Surgery, New York

State Licensure

New York, Connecticut  

Federico P. Girardi, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Sandhu HS, Antonacci A. Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Cylindrical Threaded Cortical Allograft Bone Dowels. Orthopedics. 2001 Mar;24(3):235-9.

Girardi FP, Boachie-Adjei O, Burke SW, Rawlins BA. Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Comparative Study of Two Segmental Instrumentation Systems. J Spinal Disord. 2001 Feb;14(1):46-53.

Boachie-Adjei O, Girardi FP, Bansal M, Rawlins BA. Safety and Efficacy of Pedicle Screw Placement for Adult Spinal Deformity with a Pedicle-probing Conventional Anatomic Technique. J Spinal Disord. 2000 Dec;13(6):496-500.

Girardi FP, Khan SN, Cammisa FP Jr., Blanck TJ. Advances and Strategies for Spinal Cord Regeneration. Orthop Clin North Am. 2000 Jul;31(3):465-72.

Girardi FP, Boachie-Adjei O, Rawlins BA. Safety of Sublaminar Wires with Isola Instrumentation for the Treatment of Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine. 2000 Mar 15;25(6): 691-5.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

Current Research Includes:
Tissue Regeneration
Disc Replacement (Disc Prosthesis) and non-fusion technologies
Imaging of the spine
Clinical Outcomes
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Image Guided Stereotactic Surgery

Clinical Trials

• Intraoperative Fluid Management During Complex Spine Surgery Using the FloTrac System
• A Randomized Controlled Investigation of Postoperative Pain Following Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting in Spine Surgery
• The Effect of Intraoperative Ventilation with Low versus Traditional Tidal Volumes on Markers of Lung Injury during Spinal Surgery.
• A Pilot Study to Obtain Initial Information on Gene Expression in the Human Intervetebral Disc: The Origin and Fate of the Nucleus Pulposus