Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, FACS

Title: Chief Emeritus of Spinal Service, Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Attending Surgeon

Company: Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Location: New York, NY United States

Achievements:

Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement (2017)
Featured Listee, Guide to America’s Top Surgeons, Consumer Research Council of America (2002-Present)
Featured Listee, Top Doctors, New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd (2001-Present)
Featured Listee, Best Doctors in New York, New York Media LLC (2000-Present)
Honoree, America’s Best Physicians, National Consumer Advisory Board (2017)
Finalist, Best Paper Award, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (2016)
Recipient, Best Paper Award, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2016)
Recipient, Best Paper Award, North American Spine Society (2015)
Honoree, Best Papers Session, Spine Across the Sea (2015)
Recipient, Resident/Fellow Paper Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association (2015)
Recipient, Best Abstract Award, European Society of Anesthesiology (2013)
Recipient, Outstanding Paper Award for Surgical Science, North American Spine Society (2013)
Recipient, Best Poster Award, European Section, Cervical Spine Research Society (2013)
Recipient, Young Investigator’s Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2013)
Recipient, Best Podium Award, Asia Pacific Section, Cervical Spine Research Society (2013)
Recipient, Best Poster Award, Spine Across the Sea (2012)
Recipient, Founders’ Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association (2012)
Honoree, Whitecloud Award Finalist for Best Basic Science Paper, International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (2011)
Recipient, Commendation, Surgery Category, BMA Medical Book Awards Competition, Thieme Medical Publishers (2007)
Recipient, Sofamor Danek Paper Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2006)
Recipient, Nancy Kane Bischoff Award for Teaching, Hospital for Special Surgery (2006)
Recipient, Official Citation of the General Assembly, State of Connecticut (1992)
Recipient, Outstanding Graduate Award, John F. Kennedy High School (1992)
Recipient, North American Traveling Fellowship, American Orthopaedic Association (1989)
Recipient, Spinal Research Award, Spinal Research Award (1989)
Recipient, Fellow Scholar Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association (1988)
Recipient, Resident Award Paper, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, The New York Academy of Medicine (1986-1987)
Recipient, Lewis Clark Wagner Award, Hospital for Special Surgery (1986)
Recipient, Tufts Psychology Society Research Award, Tufts University (1978)
Recipient, Harvard Book Prize, Harvard Club of Southern Connecticut (1974)