Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral
504 West 35th St
New York, NY 10001
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About Kai-Ming Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care. His specialty is advanced surgical procedures for spinal deformity, reconstruction, and oncology; sacroiliac joint conditions; and low back pain, especially pain caused by previously undetected and under-diagnosed conditions. He has been at the forefront of the surgical progression toward minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques, pioneering the use of neuronavigation, image guidance, and ultrasonic tissue manipulation to maximize precision while minimizing recovery times for his patients.
Dr. Fu is a co-editor of the...
Board Certifications
- Surgery, Neurological
Expertise
- Back Pain
- Benign Tumor of Spinal Cord
- Carpal Tunnel Surgery
- Cervical Disc Herniation
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Deformity
- Degenerative Cervical Spinal Stenosis
- Endoscopic Discectomy of Cervical Spine
- Endoscopic Laminoforaminotomy of Lumbar Spine
- Endoscopic Microdiscectomy of Cervical Spine
- Endoscopic Neurosurgery
- Facet Arthropathy
- Herniated Cervical Disc
- Herniated Disc
- Herniated Disc, Cervical
- Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disc
- Joint Pain
- Kyphosis
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Disc Herniation
- Malignant Tumor of Spinal Cord
- Microdiscectomy, Spine, Cervical, Endoscopic
- Minimally Invasive (Endoscopic) Neurosurgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Neck Pain
- Peripheral Nerve Disease
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Scoliosis
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Stenosis Surgery
- Spinal Surgery
- Spinal Tumors
- Spine
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Degeneration
- Spine Disorder
- Spine Tumors
- Spondylisthesis
- Stenosis
- TLIF, Minimally Invasive
- Ulnar Neuropathy
Education
- Fellowship: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Internship: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Residency: Albert Einstein College Medicine
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Attending Neurological Surgeon
- Professor of Neurological Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital
- Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian
Education
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Residency: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Internship: Albert Einstein College Medicine
- Fellowship: Albert Einstein College Medicine
Titles & Positions
- Attending Neurological Surgeon
- Professor of Neurological Surgery
Board Certifications
- surgery, neurological
Languages Spoken
- english
Research
What Is the Most Appropriate Method for Determining Minimally Clinical Important Difference in Grade 2 Spondylolisthesis? A QOD Spine CORe® Study.
October 30, 2026What predicts attainment of substantial clinical benefit in neck pain-related disability 24 months after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy? A QOD CSM study.
October 23, 2026Cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive surgery for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis: a 5-year Quality Outcomes Database study.
September 04, 2026