Roger Hartl, MD is the Chief of Spinal Surgery here at Weill Cornell Medical College. He also serves as the Neurosurgeon for the New York Giants. Dr. Hartl is a Medical graduate from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, and came to this country initially because of his research interest in traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. He completed a fellowship in Neurocritical Care at the Charite Hospital of the Humboldt University in Berlin and joined the Neurosurgery Department at Cornell University in 1994 as a research fellow.
His scientific work focused on the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury and the treatment of brain edema and intracranial hypertension in brain-injured patients. He developed great interest into the application of evidence-based medicine to neurosurgery and worked with the Brain Trauma Foundation in New York on the development of treatment guidelines for the medical and surgical management of head injury. After completing his Neurosurgery residency at Weill Cornell Medical College he went on to specialize in complex spine surgery at the Barrow's Neurological Institute in Phoenix under Dr. Volker Sonntag.
After, he re-joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College as an Attending Surgeon. Dr. Hartl believes that surgery should be part of a multidisciplinary approach to disease processes. He works very closely with other specialists such as Neurologists, pain specialists and physical therapists in order achieve the best possible results for his patients. Dr. Hartl specializes in:
>> Complex spine procedures on the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine and the sacrum
>> Minimally invasive spine surgery including
>> Percutaneous and other minimal access approaches for microdiscectomy and fusion procedures
>> Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty
>> Computer-guided navigation for Spine surgery
>> Surgery of the Craniocervical junction including treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis
>> Artificial disc surgery for degenerative diseases of the spine
>> Treatment of patients with head injury and spinal cord injury
Dr. Hartl has lectured and published extensively on the surgical treatment of spine disorders and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury.
He is the Director of Spinal Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and serves as the neurosurgeon for the Giants football team.
Dr. Hartl's clinical and research interests focus on simple and complex spine surgery, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care medicine. He is also involved in improving neurosurgical care in third world countries through Cornell's Global Health initiative.
Dr. Hartl believes that surgery should be part of a multidisciplinary approach to disease processes. He works very closely with other specialists in a team effort in order to achieve the best possible results for his patients.
Dr. Hartl is also the Co-Director of the Spine Center.
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