Michael S. Virk, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael S. Virk, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael S. Virk, M.D., Ph.D.

Neurological Surgery
Specialties
Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery, General Neurosurgery, Spine Surgeon, Surgery, Spine, more

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Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care

240 East 59th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
US
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About Michael S. Virk, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Virk is a board-certified neurosurgeon with specialty training in minimally invasive and complex surgery for a wide variety of spine conditions. He practices at NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care. Dr. Virk's specialties include advanced, state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques using intraoperative, computer-assisted navigation as well as spinal endoscopy, and in open surgical strategies for patients who will benefit most from these.


Dr. Virk earned his MD and PhD degrees at Oregon Health Sciences University College of Medicine. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Rockefeller University laboratory of Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard. Dr. Virk then completed a Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco.


Dr. Virk's ultimate treatment goal is to help patients regain function to the greatest extent possible, with minimal pain and short hospital stays, so that they can return to enjoying their lives.


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Expertise

  • Acute Herniated Disc

  • Back Pain

  • Bulging Disc

  • Cervical Spine Tumor

  • Compression Fracture of Spine

  • Degenerative Disc Disease

  • Endoscopic Discectomy of Spine

  • Endoscopic Laminoforaminotomy of Lumbar Spine

  • Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy

  • Foraminotomy

  • Herniated Disc

  • Image Guided Neurosurgery

  • Kyphosis

  • Laminectomy

  • Microdiscectomy

  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

  • Myelopathy

  • Neck Pain

  • Radiculopathy

  • Scoliosis

  • Spinal Arthrodesis and Decompression

  • Spinal Cord Injury

  • Spinal Cord Neoplasm

  • Spinal Fusion

  • Spinal Stenosis

  • Spinal Tumors

  • Spine

  • Spine Deformity

  • Spine Degeneration

  • Spine Disorder

  • Spine Injury

  • Spine Pain

  • Spine Tumors

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Education

  • Degrees: Cornell University

  • Degrees: Oregon Health Sciences University, College of Medicine

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Languages

  • English
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Titles & Positions

  • Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

  • Assistant Attending Neurological Surgeon

  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

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Hospital Affiliations

  • Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian

Education

  • Degrees: Cornell University
  • Degrees: Oregon Health Sciences University, College of Medicine

Titles & Positions

  • Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Assistant Attending Neurological Surgeon
  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Languages Spoken

  • English