EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND      Back to Top

1975-1977

Hamilton College
Clinton, New York

1977-1979

Bachelor of Arts
Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences
Ithaca, New York

1979-1983

Doctor of Medicine
Cornell University Medical College
New York, New York

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING      Back to Top

1983-1984

Internship
General Surgery
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

1984-1988

Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
New York, New York

1988-1989

The Chicago Spine Fellowship
Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke’s Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Ronald L. DeWald, M.D.
Director, Section of Spine Surgery

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION      Back to Top

License to Practice

1984

Physician and Surgeon, State of New York

Certification

1984
1991
1998

Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Recertified, American Board Orthopaedic Surgery

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS      Back to Top

1998-Present

Associate Director
Spine Institute of New York
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York

1989-1998

Chief of Spine Service
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics
New York, New York

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS      Back to Top

1999-Present

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

1994-1998

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

1989-1998

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS      Back to Top

1992
1995-1998
1994
1994
1995
2001

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Committee on Evaluations
American Spinal Injury Association
North American Spine Society
Scoliosis Research Society – Candidate Fellow
Scoliosis Research Society – Active Fellow

HONORS AND AWARDS      Back to Top

1988

Albert M. Betcher Award for Superior Service During Orthopaedic Residency
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
New York, New York

1992

Physician of the Year
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Nursing
New York, New York

PRESENTATIONS      Back to Top

1. “Interspinous Process Segmental Spinal Instrumentation: A report of the first 73 consecutive cases with up to a three year follow-up” - The American Orthopaedic Association Residents’ Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 1986.

2. “Surgical Treatment of Flat Back Deformity, Early Results with Cotrel Dubosset Instrumentation: - The Mid-American Orthopaedic Association Meeting, Point Clear, AL, March 29, 1990.

3. “Surgical Treatment of Flat Back Deformity, Early Results with Cotrel Dubosset Instrumentation” - The Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Honolulu, HA, September, 1990.

4. “Surgical Treatment of Flat Back Deformity, Early Results with Cotrel Dubosset Instrumentation” - The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March, 1991.

5. “Spinal Deformity: What’s the Latest?” - Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, October, 1993.

6. “Stabilization of the Cranio-Cervical Junction” - Skull Base Surgery Course, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, March, 1994.

7. “Acute Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury” - Presented at “Acute Care of The Person With Spinal Cord Injury,” Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, November, 1994.

8. “Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery of the Spine, A Hands on Course.” Course Director, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, December, 1997.

9. “The use of Solid Anterior Instrumentation in the Treatment of Idiopathic Thoraco-Lumbar Scoliosis,” a three year follow-up study. Scoliosis Research Society, New York, NY, September, 1998.

10. “Spinal Stability and Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury.” Spinal Cord Injury Review Course. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2000.

11. “VAT Spinal Surgery. Basic Concepts, Tips for Success, and Pitfalls to Avoid.” Contemporary Insights in Spine Surgery. GICD Meeting, New York, NY, December, 2000.

12. “Bloodless Spinal Surgery, Fact or Fiction?” Blood Conservation, Alternative or Necessity? The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, November, 2001.

13. "Pedicle Screw Fixation of the Thoracic Spine," Course Chairman, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, October 2002.

14. "Pedicle Screw Fixation of the Thoracic Spine," Course Chairman, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, October 2003.

15. "Correlation of Discogram Findings with Surgical Outcomes Following Total Disc Replacement," Blecher HD, Bitan FD, Lipp MI, Panigos SA, Casden AM, Kuflik PL, Neuwirth,MG. Presented at Spine Arthroplasty Society Meeting, Austria, March 2004.

16. “Management and Grafting of the Vertebral Artery in Patients with Cervical Spine Tumors” - American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New York, NY, April, 1994.

17. “Radiographic parameters following total disc replacement and correlation to patient satisfaction measures at two years follow-up.”  A prospective study.  Spine Arthroplasty Society 4 Vienna Austria, May 2004.

18. “Fusion Rates of Patients Treated with rhBMP-2 (Infuse) in Primary Multilevel Posterolateral Lumbar Fusion Surgery” Michael Rivlin; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD, MPH; Chan Roonprapunt, MD, PhD; Kevin Math, MD; Catherine N. Petchprapa, MD; Fabien D. Bitan, MD; Andrew M. Casden, MD; Michael G. Neuwirth, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD, FAAOS.  Presented at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Athens, Greece, 2006

19. “Spinal Deformity Surgery in Patients Refusing Blood Transfusion”. Krishn M. Sharma, MD; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD; Andrew Casden, MD; Fabian Bitan, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD; Michael Neuwirth, MD, presented to Scoliosis Research Society, Monterey, USA, 2006 and at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Athens, Greece, 2006.

20. “Efficacy of Aprotinin as a Blood Conservation Technique for Adult Deformity Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Study” Neil A. Tayyab, MD; Marjorie M. Mariller, MD, MPH; Michael Rivlin; Andrew Casden, MD; Fabian Bitan, MD; Paul Kuflik, MD; Michael G. Neuwirth, MD. Presented as oral presentation at International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, MDI.   Paradise Islands, Bahamas, 2007 and as e-poster at Scoliosis Research Society, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2007

21. “Change in Neuroforaminal Dimensions after Lumbar Interbody Fusion.”  Jared Brandoff, MD; Ketevan Berekashvili MD MPH; Navin Subramanian, MD; Valeriy Kheyfits, MD; Kevin Math, MD; Andrew Casden MD; Paul Kuflik MD; Michael Neuwirth, MD.  Presentation as e-poster at 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 2008.       

22. “Incidence of Stress Fracture after Lumbar Fusion”  Samuel A. Joseph Jr. MD; Ketevan Berekashvili MD MPH; Andrew Casden MD; Paul Kuflik MD; Michael Neuwirth MD.  Presentation as e-poster 15th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 2008.

23. “Change in Neuroforaminal Dimensions after ALIF vs. TLIF”. Cuartas E., Morelli B., Wishnek S., Casden A., Kuflik P., Neuwirth M. Presented at the International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques, Vienna, Austria, July 2009. 

PUBLICATIONS      Back to Top

Casden, Andrew M., Jaffe, F.F., and Kastenbaum, D.M., “A Case of Osteoarthritis associated with Osteopetrosis Treated by Total Knee Replacement Arthroplasty. A Case Report.” Clin. Ortho And Related Research, 247:202, 1989.

Abdelwahab, I.F., Casden, A.M., Klein, M.J., Spollman, A., “Chondrosarcoma of a Thoracic Vertebra” - Bulletin of the Hospital For Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, 51:334, 1991.

Neuwirth, M.G., Drummond, D.S., Casden, A.M., “Results of Interspinous Segmental Instrumentation in the Sagittal Plane.” Journal of Spinal Disorders, 6:1, 1993.

Fraser, A.B., Sen, C., Casden, A.M., Catalano, P.J., Post, K.D., “Cervical Transdural Intramedullary Migration of a Sublaminar Wire: A Complication of Cervical of Cervical Fixation.” Spine, 19:4, 1994.

Sen, C., Eisenerg, M., Casden, A.M., Sundaresan, N., Catalano, P.J., “Management of the Vertebral Artery in Excision of Extradural Tumors of the Cervical Spine.” Neurosurgery, 36:1, 1995.

Lidov, M., Stollman, A., Casden, A.M., Som, P., Bederson J., “MRI of Lumbar Intradural Disc Herniations.” Clinical Imaging, 189:3, 1994.

Abdelwahab, I.F., Camins, M., B., Hermann, G., Klein, M.J., Mosesson, R.E., Casden, A.M., “Giant Cell Tumour of the Seventh Cervical Vertebra.” Journal de l’Association Canadienne des Radiologistes,” 46.6, 1995.

Miller, S., Casden, A.M., Spontaneous Regression of a Herniated Disc. A Case Report with a four year follow-up. Bulletin of the Hospital For Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute, 57:2, 1998.

Cohen J, Lee KS, Henry G, Butsova M, Slimbacker A-M, Neuwirth MG, Kuflik PL, Casden AM, Bitan FD. “Intraoperative Arterial Line Artifact Associated with SSEPs and Motor Evoked Potentials.” Am J. End Technol. 39:165-172, 1999.

Hermann G, Abdelwahab F, Casden AM, Mosesson R, Klein MJ. ”Osteoid Osteoma of a Cervical Vertebral Body." British Journal of Radiology, 72:1120-1123, 1999.

Bitan FB, Neuwirth MG, Kuflik PL, Casden A, Bloom N, Siggiqui S. “The use of short and rigid anterior instrumentation in the treatment of idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis.  A retrospective review of 24 cases.”  Spine. 27:1553-57, 2002.

Agnieszka Kokoszka, Paul Kuflik, Fabien Bitan, Andrew Casden, and Michael Neuwirth.  “Evidence-Based Review of the Role of Aprotinin in Blood Conservation during Orthopaedic Surgery.” J Bone Joint Surg Am.  87:1129-1136, 2005.

Wollowick AL, MD; Casden AM, MD; Kuflik, P., MD; Neuwirth, MG., MD. “Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Cervical Spine: What You Need to Know”. The American Journal of Orthopedics. Pages 400-406, August 2007

Tayyab NA, Mariller MM, Rivlin M, Berekashvili K, Bitan FD, Casden AM, Kuflik P, Neuwirth MG. “Efficacy of aprotinin as a blood conservation technique for adult deformity spinal surgery: a retrospective study.” Spine. 15;33(16):1775-8120, July 2008.

Joseph SA Jr, Berekashvili K, Mariller MM, Rivlin M, Sharma K, Casden A, Bitan F, Kuflik P, Neuwirth M. “Blood conservation techniques in spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of patients refusing blood transfusion.” Spine. 1;33(21):2310-5. October 2008.

BOOKS      Back to Top

1. Radomisli T., Oppenheim J., Casden A., Camins M., “Benign Tumors of the Bony Spine, “ in Principles of Spinal Surgery, AH Menezes and VKH Sonntag, editors. McGraw Hill, 1996.