1155 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Office: 212.360.6500
 
Sean E. McCance, M.D.

OFFICE ADDRESS:

1155 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Phone: (212) 360-6500
Fax: (212) 360-6535

EDUCATION:

1987 BS Fordham University
1991 MD Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

1991-92 General Surgery Internship, University of Rochester – Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
1992-96 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, University of Rochester – Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY
1996-97 Spinal Surgery Fellowship, Minnesota Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN (now named Twin Cities Spine Center)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1997 Coordinator of Spine Education, Lenox Hill Hospital
2000 Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University School of Medicine
2001 Clinical Assistant Attending, Mt. Sinai Hospital
2008 Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Mt. Sinai Hospital

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1997 Assistant Adjunct, Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
2000 Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, NYU medical Center, New York, NY
2000 Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
2002 Associate Medical Staff, Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York
2006 Co-Director of Spine Surgery, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

1998 Staff Spine Surgeon, ProHealth Associates, Lake Success, NY
2006 Director, Spine Associates, New York, NY

CERTIFICATION:

2001 American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
2006 American Board of Spine Surgery

LICENSURE:

1996 Minnesota License
1997 New York License

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1986 Phi Beta Kappa
1996 Resident-Fellow Research Award, Eastern Orthopaedic Association
2003 “Best Doctors”, Money Magazine, 2003
2005 “Americas Top Physicians” 2005
2006 “Americas Top Physicians” 2006
2008 “Patients’ Choice” 2008, 2009
2010 New York “Super Doctors”
2010 Americas “Best Doctors” 2010-2011

HOSPITAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:

1998 Resident Selection Committee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital
2005 Lenox Hill Hospital "Surgical Implant Costs" Task Force
2006 Education Committee, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics
2006 Resident Selection Committee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mt. Sinai Hospital

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

1996 Scoliosis Research Society
2000 North American Spine Surgery
2000 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2006 American Medical Association
2006 Medical Society of the State of New York

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1. Long-Term outcomes of instrumented lumbar fusions for degenerative disease
2. Innovative surgical techniques for spine surgery
3. Cervical spine fixation techniques
4. Post-surgical athletic rehabilitation

HOSPITAL/CLINICAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1997 Attending surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital
2000 Attending surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2000 Attending surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Joint Disease

HOSPITAL/CLINICAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1997 - 2006 Coordinator of Spine Education, Lenox Hill Hospital
1998 - 2002 Moderator of Spine section, Alumni Research Day, Lenox Hill Hospital
2000 Clinical Assistant Professor, NUY School of Medicine
2000 - Present Yearly "Spinal Surgery" lectures series, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mt. Sinai Hospital New York, 4 to 5 lectures focusing on Different aspects of spinal surgery
2001 Clinical Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai of Hospital
2003 Coordinator of monthly "Spine Club" meeting at Lenox Hill Hospital

HOSPITAL/CLINICAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1997 Scoliosis Research Society, Ontario, Canada
1998 Scoliosis Research Society, St. Louis, MO
1998 North American Spine Society, New York, NY
1999 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Anaheim, CA
1999 Danek Spine Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT
1999 “Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – AAOS”, P.A.W.T.S., St. Louis, MO
1999 International Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Cambridge, England
1999 North American Spine Society, Chicago, IL
2000 “Challenges is Spine Surgery” – EBI Conference, San Diego, CA
2001 Scoliosis Research Society, Cleveland, OH
2002 Cervical Spine Research Society, Miami, FL
2003 Surgical visitation, Harms Spine Surgery Center, Langensteinbach, Germany, Feb 16-Feb 21, 2003
2003 Scoliosis Research Society, Quebec City, Canada Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis A Review - Sept 10, 2003 (CME 6 Hours)
2003 Scoliosis Research Society, Quebec City, Canada 38th Annual Meeting Sept 11-Sept 13, 2003 (CME 15 Hours)
2003 "Bone Graft Substitutes: Presents, Future, the next Generation" New York, NY Oct 2, 2003 (CME 2 Hours)
2004 Cervical Spine Research Society, Scottsdale, Arizona 31st Annual Meeting Dec 11, 2003-Dec 13 (CME 17 Hours)
2004 Scoliosis Research Society Tutorial, DuPont Children's Hospital Wilmington, Delaware "L5 Vertebrectomy for Spondyloptosis", Dr. Robert Gaines - Feb 24
2004 Surgical Visitation, Dr. Lawrence Lenke, Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri "Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement" – March 4, 2004 "Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy" – March 5, 2004
2004 3rd Annual Emerging Technologies in Spine Surgery Washington, DC Sept 30-Oct 3 (CME 16 Hours)
2004 2004 North America Spine Society – 19th Annual Meeting Chicago, IL Oct 27-Oct 30, 2004 (CME 18.75 Hours)
2005 Charite Artificial Disk Training Course
Cincinnati, OH Feb 15-Feb 16
2005 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Washington, DC Feb-24
2005 Surgical Visitation Dr. Boachie-Adjei, Hospital for Special Surgery Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy New York, NY
2005 Scoliosis Research Society – 40th Annual Meeting Miami, Fl Oct 27-Oct 30 (CME 19 Hours)
2006 Surgical Visitation, Harms Spine Surgery Center, Langensteinbach, Germany, Apr 3-Apr 7
2008 Surgical Visitation, Harms Spine Surgery Center, Langensteinbach,
Germany, April
2006 Osteobiologics and Osteotomies, Salt Lake City, UT (CME 7 Hours)
2006 Scoliosis Research Society, Salt Lake City, UT 43rd Annual Meeting, Sept 11 – Sept 13 (CME 16.5 Hours)
2008 Cervical Spine Research Society, Austin, TX 36th Annual Meeting and 13th Instruction Course, Dec 3 – Dec 6 (CME 24.75 Hours)
2008 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting Las Vegas, NV, Feb 25 (CME 27 Hours)
2009 2009 Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, New York, NY MLMIC Proactive Risk Management Follow-Up Program III, Sep 4 (CME 6 Hours)
2010 2010 Expert Techniques for Complex Cervical Surgery NASS, May 14-15, 2010 (CME 13 Credits)
2010 2010 Cervical Spine Research Society – 38TH Annual Meeting Cervical Spine Research Society – 13th Instructional Course Charlotte, NC Dec 1-Dec 4 (CME 23.75 Credits)

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

  1.  McCance SE, Totterman SM, Miller RJ. “Comparison of Wrist MRI with Arthroscopy in Evaluation of TFCC, SL and LT Ligament Tears”, AOA-Resident’s Conference 1994, Pittsburgh, PA
  2. McCance SE, O’Keefe R, Constine S, Rosier R. “The Effect of Radiation on Bone Density,” Eastern Orthopaedic Association, October 1996, Hilton hotel, NC
  3. McCance SE, Denis F, Lonstein JE, Winter RB. “Coronal and Sagittal Balance in Surgically Treated Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with the King II Curve Pattern,” Scoliosis Research Society, September 1997, St. Louis, Missouri
  4. McCance SE, Denis F, Lonstein JE, Winter RB. “Coronal and Sagittal Balance in Surgically Treated Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with the King II Curve Pattern,” North American Spine Society, October 1997, New York, NY
  5. O’Leary PF, McCance SE. “Distraction Laminoplasty: A New Surgical Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis,” International Intradiscal Therapy Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery – Combined Meeting, August 1999, Cambridge, England
  6. O’Leary PF, McCance SE. “Distraction Laminoplasty: A New Surgical Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis,” AAOS, Orlando FL, March 2000. (Poster Presentation)
  7. Paraventini H, McCance SE, Zikria B, O’Leary PF. “Unplated Harms Cage in Anterior Cervical Fusion – A Clinical and Radiographical Review,” Cervical Spine Research Society, December 2002, Miami, FL. (Poster Presentation)
  8. Paraventini H, McCance SE, Zikria B, O’Leary PF. “Unplated Harms Cage in Anterior Cervical Fusion – A Clinical and Radiographical Review,” World Spine Conference 2, Chicago, IL August 2003. (Poster Presentation)
  9. Sorin A, McCance SE, Voigt E. “Anterior Approach to the Cervical Spine,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Orlando, FL September 2003. (Scientific Poster Presentation)
  10. Chu, A., McCance, SE. “Postoperative Wound Infection Rate in Adult Lumbar Spine Surgery,” Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Symposium, Lenox Hill Hospital - May 21, 2004
  11. Chu, A, McCance, SE. “Postoperative Wound Infection Rate in Adult Lumbar Spine Surgery,Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation New York Metropolitan Area Resident Research Symposium, Lenox Hill Hospital May 21, 2004

LECTURES:

Monthly “Spinal Surgery” Resident Education lecture, Department of Orthopedic
Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 1997 –present (comprehensive curriculum, 12 lectures per year)

Selective Thoracic Fusion in Scoliosis”, Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopedic
Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY Oct 1997

Idiopathic Scoliosis”, Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, NY Nov 1997

 “Surgical approach to lumbar spinal stenosis”, Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY Jan 1998

Treatment approach to lumbar spinal stenosis”, Total Joint Replacement Conference,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY April 1998

Disorders of the cervical and lumbar spine”, Public Lecture, Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, NY June 1998

Adolescent spondylolisthesis – Case Presentation”, Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY Oct 1998

Adult   Scoliosis – Diagnosis and Management,” Total Joint Replacement Conference,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY April 1999

Lumbar spinal stenosis – a surgical perspective”, Grand Rounds, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY Oct 1999

The surgical approach to adult scoliosis” Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY June 2000

The surgical approach to simple and complex lumbar stenosis”, Orthopedic Surgery
Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY September, 2001

The Treatment Approach to Cervical Spine Disorders”, Lenox Hill Hospital Combined
Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds, New York, NY November 1st, 2002

Pediatric Spinal Disorders – Scoliosis and Spondylolysis”, Grand Rounds, Department
of Pediatrics, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY November 21, 2002

The Surgical Management of Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy”, Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. April, 2003.

Focus on Spinal Disorders”. Public lecture, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
April 22nd, 2003.

Treatment approach to lumbar spinal stenosis”, Total Joint Replacement Conference,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY June 2004.

What you need to know about Osteoporosis, Compression Fracture and Spinal     StenosisPublic lecture, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, February 17, 2005

“Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery”, Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, June 3, 2005

“Management and Select Spinal Disorders”, Department of Orthopaedics Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, October 18, 2006

“Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spine Disorders”, Orthopaedic Primary Care Courses, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, November 10, 2006

“Current Concepts in Spine Surgery”, Rehabilitation Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, December 5th, 2006

“Fourth Annual International Course on Spinal Focus”, Cervical Spine Faculty
New York, NY December 8-9, 2006

The Surgical Management of Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy”, Orthopaedic Surgery Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. April, 2003

Focus on Spinal Disorders”. Public lecture, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
April 22, 2003

Treatment approach to lumbar spinal stenosis”, Total Joint Replacement Conference,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY June 2004

What you need to know about Osteoporosis, Compression Fracture and Spinal StenosisPublic lecture, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, February 17, 2005

“Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery”, Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, June 3, 2005

“Management and Select Spinal Disorders”, Department of Orthopaedics Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, October 18, 2006

“Diagnosis and Management of Lumbar Spine Disorders”, Orthopaedic Primary Care Courses, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, November 10, 2006

“Current Concepts in Spine Surgery”, Rehabilitation Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, December 5, 2006

“Fourth Annual International Course on Spinal Focus”, Cervical Spine Faculty
New York, NY December 8-9, 2006

The Aging Spine”, Invited Faculty, New York, NY, May 2008

“Back and Leg Pain: Degenerative Disorders of the Lumbar Spine”, Orthopaedics for the Primary Care Provider, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2008

“When is a Fusion indicated? Allograft vs. Autograft vs. BPM’s”, Course “Top Orthopedic Controversies”, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New York, NY, Sept 26, 2009

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Journals

  1. Totterman SM, Miller RJ, McCance SE, Meyers SP. Lesions of the triangular fibrocartilage complex: mr findings with a three-dimensional gradient-recalled-echo sequence. Radiology 199: 227-32, 1996.

  2. McCance SE, DelSignore J. Chronic displaced medial epicondyle fracture – a case report. Orthopaedics 21 (8): 904-6, 1998.

  3. McCance SE, Denis F, Lonstein JE, Winter RB. Coronal and sagittal balance in surgically treated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with the king 2 curve pattern – a review of 67 consecutive cases having selective thoracic arthrodesis. Spine 23 (19): 2063-73, 1998.

  4.   McCance SE, Lonstein JE, Winter RB. A King type 2 curve pattern treated selective thoracic fusion: case report with 44 year follow-up. J. Spinal
    Disorders12 (3): 262-5, 1999.

  5. McCance SE and Smith M. Respiratory arrest after anterior cervical discectomy and      fusion in a patient with Down’s syndrome – a case report and review of the literature. J Bone and Joint Surgery 81A: 741-3, 1999.

  6. O’Leary PF, McCance SE. Distraction Laminoplasty for decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis. CORR 384: 26-34, 2001.

  7. Matthews V, McCance SE, O’Leary PF.  Early fracture of the sacrum or pelvis: an unusual complication following multilevel instrumented lumbosacral fusion. Spine, 2001; 26: E571-E575.

  8. McCance SE.  Preservation of spinal stability during surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. BackTalk 24(1) p. 6, 2001.

  9. Poynton AR, Nelson M, McCance SE, Levine R, O’Leary PF. Bovine Thrombin Induces An Acquired Coagulopathy In Sensitized Patients Undergoing Revision Spinal Surgery. A Report of Two Cases.  SPINE 28(12): E221-223; June 2003.

  10. Parvataneni H, Nicholas S, McCance SE.  Bilateral pedicle stress fracture in a female athlete: case report and review of the literature.  SPINE 29(2): E19-21; January 2004.

Book Chapters

1.   Holmes CF, Hershman EB, McCance SE: Cervical spine injuries, in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, ed 3. AAOS, 1999.


 
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