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Bio
Dr. Alexandra Carrer is a spine orthopedic surgeon who has been 5 years in practice and was recruited to join Dr. Frazier at New York City Spine Surgery because of her surgical skills and her dedicated patient care.
After graduating with honors at the French Lycee of Madrid in Spain, Dr. Carrer graduated cum laude in Film and Television and with outstanding academic achievement in biophysics from the University of Southern California. Dr. Carrer completed medical school and residency at the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine where she excelled through her research and publications.
During her busy surgical residency, Dr. Carrer found the time to develop one of the first surgical skills anatomy laboratories in the city for resident and student education to promote excellence in surgical technique, a trend that is now becoming the standard of training in US medical teaching institutions. Dr. Carrer did her fellowship training in spine surgery at the University of California-San Francisco with some of the world’s most renowned spine surgeons. Here, she perfects her surgical skills and contributed numerous research papers.
Dr. Carrer has attended numerous national and international meetings presenting her research and is an active member of the spine community. As a competitive martial artist in Taekwondo and Wushu in her youth and a weekend athlete warrior now, Dr. Carrer, has also focused on the non-operative treatment of orthopedic and spinal disorders and guides patients not only through the treatment of present ailments but through prevention of future degenerative conditions associated with activity and aging. Dr. Carrer treats patient individually and integrates multimodal treatments to maximize a rapid functional recovery. Dr. Carrer’s scope of practice encompasses the management of degenerative, traumatic and deformity–related conditions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine.
Dr. Carrer’s surgical expertise focuses on minimally invasive techniques, lateral approaches, trans-sacral and endoscopic procedures, and motion preservation. In particular, along with her partner Dr. Frazier, founder of New York City Spine, she is developing minimally surgical techniques for the treatment of failed back syndrome and revision spine surgery, so that patients with prior failed back or neck surgery can experience a fast recovery with minimal downtime and complications.
Education
University of California San Francisco - Fellowship
San Francisco, CA
2011 - 2012
Spine Fellowship
SUNY Downstate - Residency
New York, NY
2006 - 2011
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
SUNY Downstate - Medical Education
NY
2002 - 2006
MD
School of Medicine
University of Southern California - Pre-Professional Education
CA
1995 - 2000
BS in Biophysics
University of California Los Angeles - Pre-Professional Education
Los Angeles, CA
1992 - 1994
BA in Cinema and Television
Cum Laude
- Pre-Professional Education
Month Year -
Awards/Honors
Awarded the Dean's List for Academic Achievement 6 semesters
Member of National Golden Key Honor Society for Academic Achievement
International Award for Outstanding .Academic Achievement
Affiliations
AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
NASS North America Spine Society
SOLAS Society of Lateral Approach Surgery
NYCMS New York County Medical Society
Publications
Skipped versus consecutive pedicle screw constructs for correction of Lenke 1 curves,
Eur Spine
2015
Other contributors include Morr S, Alvarez-Garcia de Quesada LI, Rodriguez-Olaverri JC.
Hospital readmission rates after surgical treatment of primary and metastatic tumors of the spine
Spine J
2014
Other contributors include Schairer WW, Lu M, Hu SS.
A comparison of the compressive strength of various distal locking screw options in the treatment of tibia fractures with intramedullary nails
J Long Term Eff Med Implants
2011
Other contributors include Xavier F, Goldwyn E, Hayes W, Elkhechen R, Berdichevsky M, Goldman A, Urban W, Saha S.
Anatomic considerations for the extreme (XLIF) lateral approach
Current Orthopaedic Practice
2010
Other contributors include Paulino C, Patel A.
Quality of information concerning cervical disc herniation on the Internet
Spine J
2010
Other contributors include Morr S, Shanti N, Kubeck J, Gerling MC.
Uncontrolled hemorrhage in insulin-dependent diabetic rats
Acad Emerg Med
2009
Other contributors include Morley EJ, Paladino L, Tham E, Gantman M, Yakabov M, Kelly S, Sinert R.
Progressive Gorham's Disease of the Forearm
Orthopedics
2008
Other contributors include Gilles JJ, Howard R, Cohen G, Rubel IF.
The effect of ethanol on uncontrolled hemorrhage in a rodent model
Acad Emerg Med
2005
Other contributors include Sinert R, Tillotson RD, Adar E, Isaac Y, Nagdev A, Peng, Shahidi H, Zehtabchi S.
Fresh-frozen osteochondral allograft reconstruction of a severely fractured talus
J Bone Joint Surg
2005
Other contributors include Rubel IF.
The validity of the OSA-18 among three groups of pediatric patients
Int Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
2005
Other contributors include Strecker AM, Shapiro NL.
Minimally invasive spine surgery for treatment of pathologic fractures
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Surgical Techniques and Disease Management
