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Bio
Dr. Branko Skovrlj is a board-certified neurological surgeon. Regarded as a spine expert and major contributor to the field of spine surgery worldwide, Dr. Skovrlj has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications with works featured in the most prestigious spine surgery journals including The Spine Journal, Spine and Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. He has won multiple awards including the Neurosurgery Publication Special Recognition Award 2014 and the AO Foundation North America Fellow Research Award 2014. In addition, Dr. Skovrlj is a renowned public speaker, presenting his research at multiple medical society meetings nationally and internationally. He has presented over 170 research works in the most prestigious spine society meetings including the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and North American Spine Society (NASS). A graduate of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Dr. Skovrlj completed his residency in Neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York where he afterward completed a two-year fellowship in Orthopaedic spine surgery focusing on minimally invasive spine surgery as well as deformity surgery, complex reconstructive and revision spine surgery. Dr. Skovrlj focuses on providing the most comprehensive, evidence-based and up-to-date spine care for his patients. He also removes brain tumors and hematomas that may form inside of the skull.
Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Fellowship
New York, NY
July, 2013 - June, 2014
Minimally Invasive, Complex Spinal and Deformity Surgery Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Pre-Professional Education
New York, NY
July, 2012 - June, 2013
Complex Spine and Deformity Surgery Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Residency
New York, NY
2009 - Present
Neurosurgery Resident
SUNY Upstate Medical University - Medical Education
Syracuse, NY
August, 2005 - May, 2009
Doctorate of Medicine
Clayton State University - Pre-Professional Education
Morrow, GA
August, 2003 - May, 2005
BS, Biology, magna cum laude
Publications
Acute Respiratory Failure from Surgifoam Expansion Following Anterior Cervical Surgery.
J Neurosurg Spine
2013
Other contributors include Mascitelli J, Camins M, Doshi A, Quareshi S.
Management of Cervical Injuries in Athletes: Timing of Treatment.
Oper Tech Sports Med.
2013
Other contributors include Qureshi SA.
Curvularia Abscess of the Brainstem: A Case Report.
World Neurosurg
2014
Other contributors include Haghighi M, Smethurst M, Caridi J, Bederson J.
Weiss N. Progressive Visual Loss Following Rupture of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst.
J Clin Neurosci
2014
Other contributors include Mascitelli J, Steinberger J, Weiss N.
Primary Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma Involving the Skull.
J Clin Neurosci
2014
Other contributors include Rasouli J, Patel SA, Gologorsky Y, Mascitelli J, Petersen B, Caridi J.
Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma of the Cerebellar Vermis in an Elderly Patient.
Surg Neurol Int
2014
Other contributors include Pain M, Bederson JB, Fowkes M.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy presenting as a single ring-enhancing mass lesion.
Clin Ncurol Neurosurg
2014
Other contributors include Rasouli J, Caridi J, Taylor W, Galyon D.
Complications, Outcomes and Need for Fusion Following Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Microdiscectomy.
Spine J
2014
Other contributors include Gologorsky Y, Haque R, Fessler RG, Qureshi S.
Hemostasis during spine surgery-A critical review.
Contemporary Spine Surgery
2015
Other contributors include Rasouli J, Qureshi SA.
Increased incidence of pseudoarthrosis after unilateral instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients with lumbar spondylosis.
J Neurosurg Spine
2014
Other contributors include Gologorsky Y, Steinberger J, Moore M, Arginteanu M, Moore F, Steinberger A.
A review of the current published spinal literature regarding BMP: an insight into potential bias.
Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med
2014
Other contributors include Marquez-Lara A, Guzman JZ, Qureshi SA.
Top 100 papers in spinal deformity surgery.
Spine Deformity
2014
Other contributors include Al Maaieh M, Guzman JZ, Cho SK.
Bone Graft Matrices: Viable Stem Cell-Containing Bone Graft Substitutes.
Spine J
2014
Other contributors include Guzman JZ, Al-Maaieh M, Cho SK, Iatridis JC, Qureshi SA.
The Effect of Increasing Pedicle Screw Size on Thoracic Spinal Canal Dimensions: A Cadaveric Study.
Spine
2014
Other contributors include Cho SK, Lu Y, Caridi J, Lenke LG.
Clostridium Difficile Colitis in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Spine
2014
Other contributors include Guzman JZ, Lu Y, Al Maaieh M, Egorova NN, Qureshi SA.
The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients Undergoing Degenerative Cervical Spine Surgery.
Spine
2014
Other contributos include Guzman JZ, Shin J, Hecht AC, Qureshi SA, Cho SK.
Fatal Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest Following Application of Surgifoam® Into a Bleeding Iliac Screw Defect.
Spine
2014
Other contributors include Motivala S, Panov F, Steinberger J, Stuelpnagel J, Cho SK, Caridi J.
Outcomes and Complications of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients Undergoing Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Other contributors include Guzman JZ, Jatridis JC, Cutler I-I, Hecht AC, Qureshi SA, Cho SK.
Mesenchymal stem cell technology in the treatment of degenerative disc disease.
J Neurosurg Sci
2015
Other contributors include Cunn G, Guzman JZ, Qureshi SA.
Minimally invasive procedures on the lumbar spine.
World J Clin Cases
2015
Other contributors include Gilligan J, Cutler HS, Qureshi SA.
The internet as a communication tool for orthopedic spine fellowship programs in the United States.
Spine J
2015
Other contributors include Silvestre J, Guzman JZ, Overly SC, Cho SK, Qureshi SA, Hecht AC.
Assessment of functional and behavioral changes sensitive to painful disc degeneration.
J Orthop Res
2015
Other contributors include Lai A, Moon A, Purmessur D, Winkelstein BA, Cho SK, Hecht AC, latridis JC.
The Top 100 Classic Papers in Lumbar Spine Surgery.
Spine
2015
Other contributors include Steinberger J, Caridi J, Cho SK.
Book Chapter. Chronic Subdural Hematomas.
In Ullman J (Ed.), Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery. To be published.
2013
Other contributors include Rasouli J.
Book Chapter. Complications of Stand Alone Anterior Interbody Devices.
In Vaccaro AR, Kim DH, RadcliffK & Neusncr A (Eds.), Complications o/Spinal Instrumentation. To be published.
2013
Other contributors include Caridi J, Varma V, Cho SK.
Book Chapter. Minimally Invasive Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
In Singh K (Ed.), Minimally invasive Spine Surgery. To be published.
2013
Other contributors include Nandyala SV, Qureshi SA.
Book Chapter. Mini-Open Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
In Singh K (Ed.), Minimally lnvasfre Spine Surgery. To be published.
2013
Other contributors include Nandyala SV, Qureshi SA.
Book Chapter. Cervical Disc Replacement.
In Singh K & Qureshi SA (Eds.), Decision Making in Degenerative Spinal Surgery: A Case Based Approach (pp.). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Scientific Publishers
2014
Other contributors include Rasouli J, Qureshi SA.
Book Chapter. Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease.
In Singh K & Qureshi SA (Eds.), Decision Making in Degenerative Spinal Surgery: A Case Based Approach (pp.). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Scientific Publishers.
2014
Other contributors include Qureshi SA.
