Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA

Spine Surgeon

About Dr. Qureshi

Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi is Co-Chief of HSS Spine and an spine surgeon at HSS. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of HSS Florida.

Dr. Qureshi is a recognized leader and one of the premier surgeons in the field of minimally invasive and motion-sparing spine surgery. He holds the Patty and Jay Baker Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He is a founding member and treasurer of the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group (MISSG). He runs one of the busiest clinical practices in the country, performing nearly 300 minimally invasive spine surgeries annually.

Dr. Qureshi's major research interests include outcomes related to minimally invasive spine surgery, cost-effectiveness and value of spinal surgery procedures, and comparative effectiveness of various treatments of spinal pathology. He has authored over 100 articles, book chapters, and text books. He helps design innovative surgical technology with the leading spinal implant companies in the world.

An acclaimed speaker and educator, Dr. Qureshi has given over 100 invited lectures around the world. He has also contributed his surgical videos for surgeon education around the world. Dr. Qureshi has trained fellows nationally and internationally. He has spine surgeons who have visited his operating room to learn the newest techniques in minimally invasive spine surgery from China, Korea, Japan, Australia, England, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, and India.

Dr. Qureshi received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. While in medical school, he also earned an MBA in health administration. Dr. Qureshi completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and then received advanced training in complex spine surgery under Dr. Henry Bohlman in Cleveland, Ohio. Additionally, Dr. Qureshi completed the Cervical Spine Research Society's Traveling Fellowship.

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Departments

Orthopedic Surgery
Spine

Special Expertise

Minimally invasive spine surgery
Motion preserving spine surgery

Procedures

Minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery
Minimally invasive cervical spine surgery
Minimally invasive thoracic spine surgery
Minimally invasive microdiscectomy
Minimally invasive foraminotomy
Minimally invasive spine fusion
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF)
Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF)
Disc replacement
Mini-open anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Patient Stories

Videos

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Insurance

If your insurance is not listed, please call our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. If you have out-of-network benefits, then your insurance may reimburse you for a portion of your office visit. We will work with you and your insurance to minimize your out-of-pocket costs. Financial assistance may be available for patients in need.

Credentials

Appointments

Co-Chief, HSS Spine, Hospital for Special Surgery
Chief Medical Officer, HSS Florida
Patty and Jay Baker Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Affiliations

President, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, 2024
Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group
Cervical Spine Research Society
International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
North American Spine Society
Lumbar Spine Research Society

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards

Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 10 Years
Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor, 2013-2020
Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York Metro Area, 2014-2022
New York Times Super Doctor, 2014-2020
New York Magazine Top Doctors, 2014-2022
New York Times Rising Star, 2013

Education

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Internship

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Residency

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Fellowship

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

State Licensure

Languages

English

For My Patients

Directions to The Pavilion

My office is located at The Pavilion, 541 East 71st Street. The main entrance to The Pavilion is on the north side of 71st Street underneath the sky bridge that connects the main hospital to the Belaire Building.

Spine Condition Animations

Spine Procedure Animations

Surgical Locations

Dr. Qureshi performs surgery at the following locations:

Publications by Dr. Qureshi

Patient Education

TLIF Surgery: Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Selected Journal Articles

For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Kumar A, Overley SC, Qureshi SA. Chapter 9: Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Manjila, Mroz & Steinmetz: Modern Techniques in Lumbar Interbody Fusion. 2017

Overley SC, Qureshi SA, Hecht AC. Lumbar Microdiscectomy and Laminectomy Chapter of AAOS Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation. 2017

McAnany S, Leven D, Qureshi S. Cervical Radiculopathy, in Rothman-Simeone: The Spine, 7th Edition. 2017.

McAnany S, Kumar A, Qureshi S. Cervical degenerative disorders, in OKU 12. 2017.

Qureshi S and Singh K. Decision Making in Degenerative Spinal Surgery: A Case-based Approach. Nova publishing. 2015.

Selected Presentations

Qureshi, SA. Minimally Invasive Techniques for Sacro-Pelvic Fixation (2016) 10th Annual New York Minimally Invasive Spine Course Cornell Medical College (12/2016) New York, NY

Qureshi, SA. MIS Cervical Spine Surgery (2016) NASS Annual Meeting (10/2016) Boston, MA

Qureshi, SA. Value Symposium (2016) NASS Annual Meeting (10/2016) Boston, MA

Qureshi, SA. Lateral and Anterolateral Approaches to the Spine (2016) NASS Annual Meeting (10/2016) Boston, MA

Qureshi, SA. Providing Lordosis with MIS TLIF (2016) SMISS Annual Meeting (9/2016) Las Vegas, NV

Qureshi, SA. Ambulatory Spine Surgery: Is It Safe? (2016) SMISS Annual Meeting (9/2016) Las Vegas, NV

Qureshi, SA. MIS Spine Surgery Update (2016) Prince of Wales Hospital (8/2016) Hong Kong, China

Qureshi, SA. Biomechanics of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty (2016) Summer NASS (7/2016) Miami, FL

Qureshi, SA. Cervical Myelopathy: Causes and Natural History (2016) Summer NASS (7/2016) Miami, FL

Qureshi, SA. Growth Factors (2016) Summer NASS (7/2016) Miami, FL

Research

Dr. Qureshi is a founding member and serves on the executive board of the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group (MISSG). The MISSG is a national and international organization that collects data on quality, outcomes, comparative effectiveness, satisfaction, and cost.

The group performs prospective studies using the MISSG database to answer questions about minimally invasive spine procedures. The database is located on a server from the National Institutes of Health and is customized to minimally invasive spine surgery.

Industry Relationships

HSS has a long history of supporting appropriate relationships with industry because they advance HSS's mission to provide the highest quality patient care, improve patient mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all, and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related disciplines through research and education.

Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Qureshi as of February 16, 2024.

AMOpportunities - Honoraria
Globus Medical, Inc. - Consultant; Royalties; Speakers' Bureau
HS2, LLC - Ownership Interest
LifeLink.com Inc. - Advisory Board
NuVasive, Inc. - Board or Committee Member
Stryker K2M - Consultant; Royalties
Tissue Differentiation Intelligence - Ownership Interest
Viseon, Inc.- Consultant; Research Support

HSS and its physicians make this information available to patients and the public, thus creating a transparent environment for those who are interested in this information. Further, the HSS Conflicts of Interest and Commitment Policy prohibits physicians from collecting royalties on products they develop that are used on patients at HSS.

Patients should feel free to ask their HSS physicians questions about these relationships.

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