Matthew Cunningham, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and the interim chief of the scoliosis service at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He is also an assistant attending orthopedic surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and assistant professor in orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, both based in New York.
Dr. Cunningham focuses on adult and pediatric scoliosis and other spinal deformities as well as complex multiplanar spinal deformity, lumbar spine degenerative disease and arthritis, spondylolisthesis, lumbar spine stenosis and instability and surgical solutions for sciatica-type pain and weakness. He is involved in humanitarian causes and is a volunteer surgeon for the Foundation for Orthopaedics and Complex Spine, due to which he has traveled to countries such as Ghana, Sierra Leone and Barbados to provide care underserved populations.
Dr. Cunningham has an active interest in research and runs a basic science research lab, working on a spinal fusion technique that would eliminate surgery altogether, using an innovative injection instead. He has won awards for his research work, including the North American Spine Society's Young Investigator Research Grant Award and the Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research from the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Dr. Cunningham earned his medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed his residency and fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
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