About Us

• Welcome to New York's Center for Spine Excellence. We specialize in complex high risk spinal diseases. New York Spinal Specialists is led by Sebastian Lattuga, MD, a well-known spine surgeon in the New York Metro area. He practices in four locations and is the Chief of Spine Surgery at Franklin Hospital, which is part of the North Shore LIJ Health Systems.
  
  Dr. Lattuga is rated as one of New York's premier surgeons. Press Ganey, a nationally recognized healthcare survey company, interviewed 560 of Dr. Lattuga's surgery patients over a five year period as part of a survey of physicians in all the major hospitals in the New York area. Dr. Lattuga ranked in the top 1% of all the doctors surveyed. Click here to learn more about Dr. Lattuga's accolades.
  
  
  We offer both Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and traditionally performed highly complex surgeries. However, many patients with complex high risk spinal diseases are not good candidates for Minimally Invasive Surgeries (MIS). We are one of the few practices that can offer traditionally performed surgeries for these complex cases.
  
  Dr. Lattuga helps patients find relief from the following symptoms & conditions:
  
  Acute and chronic neck pain and back pain (more info)
  Acute and chronic arm and leg pain (often caused by spinal injury) (more info)
  Herniated Disc, Sciatica, and Radiculopathy (more info)
  Spinal Stenosis (more info)
  Myelopathy
  Degenerative conditions of the adult spine
  Scoliosis (more info)