Dr. Lonner's Curriculum Vitae Introduction
PRIVATE OFFICE
820 2nd Avenue, Suite 7A
New York, NY 10017
Tel. 212-986-0140
PRESENT POSITION
2001-Present
Attending, Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
1999-Present
Director, Scoliosis and Spine Associates
Practice dedicated to the treatment of scoliosis and complex spinal disorders
820 2nd Avenue, Suite 7A
New York, NY 10017
1999-Present
Director Spinal Deformity Center, Hospital for Joint Diseases/NYU Medical Center
New York, NY
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1999-2005
Attending, Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Schneider Children’s Hospital New Hyde
Park, New York
Chief of Pediatric Spine, 1999-2007
1998-2000
Consultant Spine Surgeon, Long Island Rough Riders (professional soccer team)
1995-1999
Chief of Spine and Scoliosis Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Schneider Children’s Hospital
New Hyde Park, New York
- Research Coordinator: Responsible for overseeing and guiding resident research activities.
- Orthopaedic Residency Curriculum: Reconstructed existing curriculum, June, 1996. Responsible for maintaining updated didactic schedule including conferences, lectures, journal club, workshops, and anatomy dissections.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
July, 2010 - Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
September, 2007 - Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
2001-2007 - Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Medical School, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2002- NY State Orthopaedic Society
2001- Eastern Orthopaedic Association
2000- North American Spine Society
1999- Scoliosis Research Society
1995- American Medical Association
COMMITTEES
SRS
August, 2009-present Member of Compelling Stories Task Force for SRS
Sept 2008-Sept 2009 Chairman SRS Endowment Committee
- Developed Case for Support
- New initiatives: Shands One to One program, Dual SRS/POSNA Shands Program
- Promoted concept of Patient video/brochure testimonial and SRS History brochure to promote donations to SRS by non-member lay persons
2005-2007 Global Outreach Committee
ADVISORY/EDITORIAL POSITIONS
November 2008-Present Spine Leadership Council Member: Council, consisting of spine surgeon leaders and health policy experts, developed to explore the appropriate role of spine surgery in the future of healthcare. Todd Albert, M.D., Rothman Institute, Jefferson Medical College, Chair of Council.
January 2005-Present SpineUniverse.com, editorial board
October 2009-Present Editorial Reviewer for Spine
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1994-1995 The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Fellowship in Spine and Scoliosis Surgery
1990-1994 Montefiore Medical Center/
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery
- Projects: Developed protocols for fracture management
1989-1990 Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY
Internship in General Surgery
CERTIFICATION
1997 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (expires 12/31/17)
1990 New York State License Registration #182500
1990 National Board of Medical Examiners Certificate #376705
EDUCATION
1985-1989 Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MD
Doctorate of Medicine, conferred May, 1989
1982-1985 Boston University College of Liberal Arts, Boston, MA
Six-Year combined Liberal Arts/Medical Program
Bachelor of Arts degree awarded concurrent with M.D.
Honors: Cum Laude honors
AWARDS AND HONORS
2010
Spine Arthroplasty Society 10th Annual Meeting-Award for Best Poster
“The Feasibility of Radiation-Free Diagnostic Monitoring in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using a Novel, Upright Positional MRI Protocol.”
2009
Hansjorg Wyss Foundation start up research grant award, $50,000
(AOSpine Research Commission)
"Disc Degeneration Below Arthrodesis in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis at a minimum 10 year follow-up."
2008
1st Century Development Grant, $70,000
(Cervical Spine Research Society, 2008)
"In Vivo Quantification of Adjacent Level Cervical Disc Integrity Following Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion and Laminaplasty: A Matched Pair Analysis and Comparison Using T1rho-weighted MRI.”
2005
Research Society Russell Hibbs Award Finalist for paper on Operative Management of Scheuermann’s Kyphosis in 78 Patients: Radiographic outcomes, complications, and techniques.
2004
First prize for best poster presentation for “Effect of Time on Osteoprogenitor Cell Viability when Harvesting Cancellous Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft in Rabbits,”American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting, San Francisco.
1998
Attending of the Year Award, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Orthopaedic
Residency Program (June, 1998)
1989
Boston University School of Medicine Radiology Award, for presentation on congenital scoliosis (May, 1989)
1985
Cum Laude honors, Boston University College of Liberal Arts
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adult Scoliosis Treatment Overview
Congenital Scoliosis
Kyphosis Overview
Spondylolisthesis - Isthmic