Neurosurgery Spine Center
At the Stony Brook Neurosurgery Spine Center, we are the region’s premier spine center, known for our highly specialized expertise in all types of back and neck spinal disease. We provide comprehensive care as the leading academic institution in Suffolk County for referring physicians and those with common and rare spinal disease.
Our surgical expertise is wide ranging and includes management of lumbar and cervical degenerative disease, ruptured disks, spinal tumors, adult spinal deformity including kyphosis and scoliosis, and revision spinal surgery.
We offer the latest minimally invasive surgeries (MIS) and open surgical techniques and other advanced interventional pain approaches to provide you with safe, proven and ethical care.
Our center is equipped with new, technologically advanced operating suites and a state-of-the-art digital imaging system that enable us to perform an array of highly advanced diagnostic and treatment techniques.
These techniques include:
- Intraoperative true CT imaging with the AIRO system, which allows for full assessment of spinal anatomy and alignment during and after surgery
- Intraoperative navigation system with Stryker Q, which provides for anatomical accuracy during surgery and optimal intraoperative planning
- Intraoperative monitoring of the spinal nerves, which enhances surgical safety and accuracy
- Use of the ZEISS Kinevo Microscope, for the most advanced and highest standard in visual technology
We also offer a range of other medical therapies, customized physical therapy programs, spinal injections to provide comprehensive spinal care for full rehabilitation of our patients. Our dedicated team neurosurgeons and physiatrists will work with you each step of the way on an optimal therapeutic plan.
And we have three convenient outpatient locations:
Commack: 500 Commack Road, Suite 100
East Setauket: 14 Technology Drive, Suites 11, 12, 15
Riverhead: 74 Commerce Drive, Suite 4
Our Team
Dr. Harry Mushlin, a fellowship-trained expert in complex spine and deformity diseases in adults, leads our team of exceptional neurosurgeons, physiatrists and physician assistants who work together to create patient-guided treatment plans. Our adult spine and pediatric spine specialists can address all your needs.
Adult Spine Surgery
Our center has long had a reputation for expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of complex spine disease. This includes deformity and scoliosis, spinal stenosis, degenerative disease, tumors, trauma and revision surgery. Minimally invasive techniques are often preferred, as they typically reduce pain, complications and infection risk.
We provide fellowship-trained level of expertise that is not available anywhere else on Long Island. What this means for our patients is that now even people with complex conditions such as scoliosis, spinal stenosis, degenerative disease, tumors, trauma or revision surgery, can be candidates for surgery and have a better quality of life.
Pediatric Neurosurgery
We’re also the only practice in Suffolk County with two full-time pediatric neurosurgeons. For infants, children and young adults with neurological disorders of the spine, our pediatric neurosurgeons will work with you and your child's pediatrician to help determine the most appropriate care for your child.
Physiatry
Sometimes, it may be determined that a non-surgical treatment plan would be the best course of action for your condition. When that’s the case, our board-certified physiatrists (also known as physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians) will work with you on a non-surgical treatment plan. Your non-surgical treatment plan may include physical therapy, an exercise regimen or fluoroscopically guided steroid injections.
Conditions Treated
Whether your needs are complex or routine, we'll work with you to determine the best possible treatment path for your unique condition.
Some of the conditions we treat include:
- Cervical degenerative disease
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar degenerative disease
- Lumbar disk herniation
- Scoliosis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumors
- Spondylolisthesis
Our Services
On your first phone call to Stony Brook Neurosurgery Spine Center, at (631) 444-1213, a receptionist will gather information so that a member of our neurosurgical team can review your case. After this review, you'll be offered an appointment with one of the members of our team.
We offer the following services to our Neurosurgery Spine Center patients:
Surgical Procedures
- Laminectomy
- Minimally invasive microdiscectomy
- Minimally invasive spinal fixation and fusion
- Scoliosis correction (open and MIS)
- Spinal fusion
- Total disc replacement
- Tumor removal
Interventional Physiatry
- Epidural steroid injections
- Facet joint injections
- Medial branch blocks
- Kyphoplasty
- Intracept® procedure (basivertebral nerve ablation)
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Rhizotomy
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Trigger point injections (medial branch nerve blocks)
Medical and Physical Therapy
- Medication
- Physical therapies including stretches, core strengthening exercises and massage
Research and Education
Our team is also active with both research and education outreach to community physicians. If surgery is decided upon, our surgical schedulers and physician assistants will work with you to make your patient experience a safe and effective one.
Patient Resources
Here are useful links with additional information for our patients:
