Dr. Hartl is the Chief of Spinal Surgery here at Weill Cornell Medical College. He also serves as the Neurosurgeon for the New York Giants. He is a Medical graduate from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany and he completed his Neurosurgery residency at Weill Cornell Medical College. After finishing a Fellowship in complex spine surgery at the Barrows Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, 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 inDr. Hartl has lectured and published extensively on the surgical treatment of spine disorders and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. Call (212) 746-2152 for an appointment with Dr. Hartl New Patient Welcome Packet: http://www.cornellphysicians.com/pdf/neurosurg/online_appt_form.pdf If you do not have Acrobat Reader you can download a free copy by following the link below: Http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html Articles: http://www.nymag.com/health/bestdoctors/2006/17259
- 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. Roger 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.
Dr. Hartl's clinical and research interests focus on simple and complex spine surgery, neurotrauma, and neurocritical care medicine.
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.
