Best Rated Orthopedic Spine Surgeons NYC

For the past two decades Dr. Sean McCance, a board certified NYC spine surgeon, has directed one of the leading spine practices in New York, Spine Associates, including lumbar (back) & cervical (neck) injury diagnosis and surgery. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the most accomplished spine surgeons in the field. Since establishing his best in class practice on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, Dr. McCance has personally performed over 6,000 spine surgeries on patients from all over the world and from all walks of life. Spinal surgery is a sub-specialty of orthopedic surgery that involves the diagnosis and treatment of a range of conditions related to the back and neck. Dr. McCance always exhausts all conservative non-surgical options and treatments, if appropriate, before he recommends surgery of the spine.

• Director, Spine Associates (New York)
• Co-Director, Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital (New York)
• Attending Spine Surgeon, Lenox Hill Hospital (New York)
• Board Certified, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
• Board Certified, American Board of Spine Surgery
• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society
• Member, North American Spine Society
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, Medical Society of the State of New York

Spine Associates of NYC (Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY) is a best in class orthopedic spine surgery practice that treats patients from around the world. Our orthopedic surgeons (Dr. Sean McCance, Dr. Baron Lonner and Dr. Peter Frelinghuysen) offer a wide variety of surgical and non-surgical treatment options to help eliminate or ease your back & neck pain and to treat scoliosis and related curvatures of the spine. Our board certified NYC orthopedic spine surgeons exhaust all conservative non-surgical options and treatments, before we recommend spine surgery.

• Our board certified orthopedic spine surgeons have performed over 14,000 spine surgeries
• Most insurance accepted

Customizing treatment options to the individual is an important part of managing spine and neck problems. The wide variety of spine disorders means that treatment options vary too. In fact, two people with the same spine disorder will be managed differently because of differences in severity of symptoms and other medical factors that are unique to each person.

• Our staff can contact your insurance carrier for you
• We can obtain pre-authorization from your insurance company for you
• All appointments for diagnostic tests (X-rays, MRIs, etc. will be made by our staff on your behalf)
• When appropriate, your orthopedic surgeon will consult with other doctors involved in your care
• When one of our orthopedic surgeon’s makes a referral for you, a staff member will make the appointment for you; as one patient put it, “I never had to lift the phone”
• Our NYC spine surgery practice offers true concierge medicine to all patients

When back pain, scoliosis, or neck pain becomes chronic, intense, or interferes with your normal, daily activities, it is time to visit the NYC orthopedic spine surgeons. Only doctors trained in the intricacies of the spine can accurately diagnose your unique problem and present you with an appropriate customized treatment plan and options (surgical or nonsurgical).

We will begin by evaluating you completely to determine the exact cause of your back or neck pain. We listen carefully and test thoroughly before we diagnose. Even though we are a surgical practice, we do not always favor a surgical solution. Our patients can often benefit from treatments that require no surgical intervention at all. We will get you out of pain and treat your condition.