Ki Soo Hwang, MD
CV/Resume
Academic Appointment.
Assistant Professor
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University
Director of Orthopaedic Spine Clinic
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Responsible for spinal surgery education for Orthopaedic Surgery residents
Former Assistant Professor at NYU-School of Medicine (2007-16)
Former Clinical Instructor at UCSF-School of Medicine (2005-06)
Hospital Affiliation.
St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Paterson, NJ
Valley Hospital. Ridgewood, NJ
Englewood Medical Center. Englewood, NJ
Mt. Sinai West. New York, NY
Maimonides Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY
Education.
Fellowship in Spinal Surgery
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship in Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery, 8/2005-7/06
Attending Clinical Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, 8/2005-7/06
Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Chief Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, 7/2004-6/05
Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery, 7/2001-6/05
Orthopaedic Research Fellow, 7/2000-6/01
Resident in General Surgery, 7/1999-6/2000
Medical School
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Doctor of Medicine, May 1999
Undergraduate Education
University of Rochester, College of Arts and Sciences, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, May 1995
University of London, London, England
Educational Programmes Aboard, 1995
Cooper Union, Albert Nerken School of Engineering, New York, NY
Chemical Engineering, 1991-92
Membership.
Active Fellow, Scoliosis research Society
Member, North American spine Society
Active Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery
Licensure and Certification.
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Board certified through 12/31/2028
Registered and licensed physician in the state of CA, NJ, and NY
Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners
Peer Reviewed Publications.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Coban D, Parray A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Does Obesity Affect Long-Term Outcomes of Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion with Posterior Stabilization?” Manuscript accepted to The Spine Journal.
Coban D, Pompliano M, Changoor S, Dunn C, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Metal-on-Metal versus Metal-on-Plastic Artificial Discs in Two-Level Anterior Cervical Disc Replacement: A Meta-Analysis with Follow-Up of 5 Years or More.” Manuscript submitted to The Spine Journal
Coban D, Changoor S, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Does Obesity Affect Long-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Posterior Stabilization?: A Matched Cohort Analysis with 5-Year Follow-Up.” Manuscript submitted to The Spine Journal.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Coban D, Sahai N, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between ACDF and Minimally-Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy in the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy.” Manuscript submitted to Spine.
Changoor S, Faloon M, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Two Attending Surgeons Improve Outcomes of Single Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.” Manuscript submitted to Orthopedics.
Kurowicki J, Faloon M, Changoor S, Dunn C, Long C, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Complications of Anticoagulation Therapy for Thromboembolic Event Prophylaxis in Patients with Cervical Spine Fractures.” Manuscript submitted to Global Spine Journal.
Faloon M, Dunn C, Changoor S, Sahai N, Issa K, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Does percutaneous lumbosacral pedicle screw instrumentation prevent long term adjacent segment disease after lumbar fusion?” Manuscript submitted to The Spine Journal
Dunn CJ, Faloon M, Changoor S, Sinha K, Hwang KS, Emami A. “Allograft Cellular Bone Matrix in 3-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion” Manuscript submitted to Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
Long C, Novack TA, Changoor S, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Primary extramedullary, extradural cervical spine seminoma: A case report and review of the literature.” Manuscript submitted to JAAOS Global Research and Reviews.
Hwang KS, et al. Omovertebral Bone Causing Traumatic Compression of the Cervical Spinal Cord and Acute Neurological Deficits in a Patient with Sprengel's Deformity and Klippel-Feil Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature," accepted for publication to Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
Michael Faloon, Nikhil Sahai, Todd Pierce, Conor Dunn, Kumar Sinha, Ki Hwang, Arash Emami. “Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review: Pre-operative Magnetic Imaging Resonance in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.” Manuscript Accepted to CORR, In Production.
Dunn CJ, Faloon MJ, Changoor S, Sahai N, Issa K, Moore J, Sinha K, Hwang KS, Emami A. “Long-term Outcomes of Minimally-Invasive Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Adult Scoliosis” Manuscript accepted for publication in Orthopedics.
Conor Dunn, Michael J. Faloon, Arash Emami, Ki Soo Hwang, Edward Milman. “Accuracy and Safety of Percutaneous Lumbosacral Pedicle Screw Placement Utilizing Dual-planar Intra-operative Fluoroscopy.” Manuscript accepted to Asian Spine Journal, In Production.
Sahai N, Changoor S, Dunn CJ, Sinha K, Hwang KS, Faloon M, Emami A. “Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy as an Alternative to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2019 Dec 15; 44(24):1731-1739. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003156.
Issa K, Pourtaheri S, Stewart T, Faloon M, Sahai N, Mease S, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Clinical Differences Between Monomicrobial and Polymicrobial Vertebral Osteomyelitis.” Orthopedics. 2017; 40(2): e370-e373
Pourtaheri S, Issa K, Stewart T, Patel Y, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “When Do You Drain Epidural Abscesses of the Spine?” Surg Technol Int. 2016 26;XXIX:374-378.
Pourtaheri S, Issa K, Emami A, Hwang K, Faloon M, Sinha K. “Paraspinal Muscle Atrophy After Lumbar Spine Surgery: What is the Evidence?” Orthopedics. 2016; 39(2):e209-14.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Hwang K, Allert J, Brothers A, Kimona I, Mont M. “Cervical Corpectomy with Ultra-low-dose rhBMP-2 in High-risk Patients: 5-year Outcomes.” Orthopedics. 2013; 36(12):931-935.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “The Role Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Cervical Spine Fractures.” Spine J. 2014 1;14(11):2546-53.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “Cervical corpectomies with ultra-low dose recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 in high risk patient: complications and outcomes.” Spine. Manuscript submitted and under review.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K. “Osteochondroma of lumbar spine presenting as a hip flexion contracture.” Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Manuscript submitted and under review.
Schwab F, Dubey A, Gamez L, El Fegoun A, Hwang K, Pagala M, Farcy J. “Adult Scoliosis: Prevalence, SF-36, and Nutritional Parameters in an Elderly Volunteer Population.” Spine. 30(9): 1082-1085, May 1, 2005.
Presentations.
Coban D, Kurowicki J, Faloon M, Changoor S, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “The Epidemiology of Vertebral Osteomyelitis Requiring Surgical Intervention in the United States from 1998 to 2013”. AAOS 2021 Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. September 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Open versus Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Matched Cohort Analysis with Five-Year Follow-Up.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “ACDF with Ultra-Low Dose BMP-2 versus the Posterior Approach in Multilevel Fusions to the Cervicothoracic Junction.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Open versus Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Two-Level Degenerative Disc Disease.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) and Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) in the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Disorders.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Low-Grade Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Carbon Fiber versus PEEK Cages in 3-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study with Clinical and Radiological Outcomes.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Anterior versus Lateral Lumbar Fusion: A Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes in the Treatment of Degenerative Spinal Disorders.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Clinical and Radiological Outcomes Between Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of High-Grade Isthmic Spondylolisthesis.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “PEEK versus Titanium Cages in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A 2-Year Follow Up Study with Clinical and Radiological Outcomes.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between Open and Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease and Spinal Instability.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Coban D, Changoor S, Dunn C, Pompliano M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) and Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF) in the Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Disorders.” IMAST Virtual Annual Meeting 2021.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between ACDF and Minimally-Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy in the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy” CSRS Virtual Annual Meeting. December 2020.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Coban D, Parray A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Does Obesity Affect Long-Term Outcomes of Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion? Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting.” Paris, France. May 2021.
Dunn C, Changoor S, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Lumbar Spinal Fusion Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality by Approach Utilizing the National Inpatient Sample: 2005-2013.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Kurowicki J, Coban D, Faloon M, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “The Epidemiology of Vertebral Osteomyelitis Requiring Surgical Intervention in the United States from 1998 to 2013.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Faloon M, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Two Attending Surgeons Improve Outcomes of Single Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Dunn C, Changoor S, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Anterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality Utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS): 2005-2013.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Adult Scoliosis Patients: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Cervical Disc Replacement versus Minimally-Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy in the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Coban D, Sahai N, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Comparing Long-Term Outcomes Between ACDF and Minimally-Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy in the Treatment of Cervical Radiculopathy.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Dunn C, Changoor S, Faloon M, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality of Posterior Lumbar Fusion: Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample from 2005 to 2013.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Faloon M, Changoor S, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Does Percutaneous Lumbosacral Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Prevent Long-Term Adjacent Segment Disease?” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Changoor S, Dunn C, Sahai N, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Faloon M, Emami A. “Allograft Cellular Bone Matrix as an Augment in 3-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Kurowicki J, Faloon M, Changoor S, Dunn C, Long C, Coban D, Sinha K, Hwang K, Emami A. “Complications of Anticoagulation Therapy for Thromboembolic Event Prophylaxis in Patients with Cervical Spine Fractures.” Global Spine Congress Annual Meeting. Paris, France. May 2021.
Kimona Issa, Jeffrey Moore, Nancy Moontasri, Conor Dunn, Michael Faloon, Kumar Sinha, Ki Hwang, Arash Emami. “Computed Tomography Angiography in the Setting of Cervical Trauma.”
CSRS Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL Nov 2017
NASS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL Oct 2017
EuroSpine Annual Meeting, Dublin, IRL Oct 2017
Daniel Thibaudeau, Michael Faloon, Kimona Issa, Sina Pourtaheri, Nikhil Sahai, Conor Dunn, Kumar Sinha, Ki Soo Hwang, Arash Emami. “Pseudoarthrosis Rate in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion(mTLIF): 2-yr Outcomes vs Open TLIF.”
EOA Annual Meeting, Miami, FL Oct 2017. NJ Resident Award
Conor Dunn, Jeffrey Moore, Kimona Issa, Nikhil Sahai, Michael Faloon, Kumar Sinha, Ki Hwang, Arash Emami. “Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy.” EOA Annual Meeting, Miami, FL Oct 2017.
Nikhil Sahai, Michael Faloon, Conor Dunn, Kumar Sinha, Ki Hwang, Arash Emami. “Short Segment Fixation of Unstable Thoracolumbar Vertebral Body Fractures with Percutaneous Pedicle Screws.” NASS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Oct 2016.
Nicole Record, DO, Nikhil K. Sahai, MD, MPH, Michael J. Faloon, MD, Ki S. Hwang, MD, Kumar G. Sinha, MD, Arash Emami, MD. “Multilevel ACDF with Ultra-Low Dose BMP-2 versus Posterior Approach in Multilevel Fusions to the Cervicothoracic Junction.”
NASS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Oct 2016.
Alex Brothers, Michael Faloon, Conor Dunn, Arash Emami, Ki Hwang, Kumar Sinha, Kimona Issa. “Does Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Prevent Long Term Adjacent Segment Degeneration?” IMAST Annual Meeting, Washington, DC July 2016.
Shafa E, Emami A, Pourtaheri S, Sinha K, Hwang K. “Selection Criteria and Early Perioperative Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion in the Outpatient Setting.” EOA Annual Meeting, Miami, FL 2013
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Shafa E, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “Morbidity of Neurologic Deficits in Vertebral Osteomyelitis.” EOA Annual Meeting, Miami, FL 2013. Nominee for best clinical paper
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Shafa E, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “The Safety of Instrumentation in Vertebral Osteomyelitis.” IMAST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada 2013
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Shafa E, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “Risk Factors for a Delay in Diagnosis of Vertebral Osteomyelitis.” NASS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2013
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Shafa E, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “When Do You Drain Epidural and Paravertebral Abscesses of the Spine?” NASS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2013
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K. “Paraspinal Muscle Atrophy After Cervical or Lumbar Surgery: What is the evidence?” NASS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2013
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “The role magnetic resonance imaging in acute cervical spine fractures.” Podium Presentation: NASS & The 22stAnnual Research Colloquium of the Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences. Poster Presentation: CSRS & IMAST.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K, Holmes, L. “Cervical corpectomies with ultra-low dose recombinant bone morphogenetic protein-2 in high risk patient: complications and outcomes.” Poster Presentation: IMAST & NASS.
Pourtaheri S, Ruoff M, Sinha K, Hwang K. “Complications of osteomyelitis of the cervical spine.” Podium Presentation: New Jersey Orthopaedic Society Annual Symposium.
Pourtaheri S, Emami A, Sinha K, Hwang K. “Osteochondroma of the lumbar spine presenting as a hip flexion contracture.” Podium Presentation: The 21st Annual Research Colloquium of the Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences.
Faloon M, Hwang K, Pourtaheri N, Sinha K, Dunn C, Patel D, Emami E. “Does MRI Change Pre-Operative Planning in the Treatment of Acute Cervical Trauma?” North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago IL 2011.
Emami E, Faloon M, Pourtaheri N, Hwang K, Sinha K. “Anterior Interbody Distraction and Positional Reduction for Intermediate to High Grade Spondylolisthesis: A Clinical & Radiographic Review of a Novel Technique in 24 Cases.” International Meeting of Advanced Spinal Techniques—Scoliosis Research Society Meeting, Toronto Ont 2010.
Faloon M, Emami E, Hwang K, Sinha K, Mahood F, Milman E. “Safety and Accuracy of Percutaneously Placed Pedicle Screws Using Intraoperative Dual Planar Fluoroscopy.” International Meeting of Advanced Spinal Techniques—Scoliosis Research Society, Hong Kong 2008.