Andrew A. Sama, MD

Appointments

Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Clinician Investigator, Research Division, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon and Director of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, New York Hospital
Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Subspecialty

Spine

Special Expertise

Surgical management of all traumatic, degenerative, and deformity-related conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine

Awards

Awarded National Orthopaedic Surgery Fellows Foundation Research Grant, 2000-2001, "The Effect of Alendronate on Lumbar Spine Fusion in the Rat Model"
Alpha Omega Alpha Iron Arrow Honor Society, University of Miami
University of Miami Vice-President's Service Award, 1994-95

Specialized Centers

• Spine Care Institute

Education

MD, The University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Residency

The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Medical Center Orthopaedic Surgery , General Surgery Internship, Miami, Florida

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medical College, Surgery of Spinal Disorders and Deformities

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

State Licensure

New York  

Andrew A. Sama, MD is the author of the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Sama AA, Khan SN. (2001) Computerized Frameless, Stereotactic Image-guided Spinal Surgery. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America. Currently at press.

Khan SN, Sama AA, Sandhu HS. Bone Graft Substitutes in Spine Surgery. Current Opinions in Orthopaedics Vol 12, No. 3, June 2001. pp. 216-222.

Stricker SJ, Sama AA. Assessment of Angulation and Torsion of Lower Limbs in Children. International Pediatrics. Vol. 16, No. 3, 2001. pp. 138-143.

Sama AA, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP. Spine Tumors. eMedicine Orthopaedic Text Book. 2001.

Sama AA, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP. Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports. eMedicine Orthopaedic Text Book.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

Current Research includes:

Biologic enhancement of spine fusion
The development of minimally invasive and computer-assisted techniques for spinal 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