Andrew K Chan, MD

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Neurological Spine Surgery, Neurological Surgery

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Dr. Andrew Chan serves as Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery and Director of Neurosurgical Spine Research.?
In patient care, Dr. Chan specializes in surgeries for a variety of conditions, including spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, spinal tumors, and degenerative spinal disease (affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine). His surgical techniques range from minimally invasive to complex.?
Dr. Chan earned his medical degree at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his residency in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. His additional training includes a fellowship in spinal deformity and minimally invasive complex spine surgery at Duke University.
Dr. Chan is focused on improving spine surgical care via his research. He has won multiple awards for his research including: The Neurosurgery Top Spine Paper of the Year with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); the Stewart Dunsker Award for Best Clinical Spine Abstract at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS); and the Journalistic and Academic Neurosurgical Excellence (J.A.N.E.) and Mayfield Clinical Science Awards at the AANS/CNS Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He also prides himself on his patient care, having received the prestigious Howard Naffziger Award for Outstanding Clinical Service while at UCSF.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

Abscess Drainage
Achondroplasia
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adult Scoliosis Surgery
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arachnoid Cyst
Arthritis of Spine
Artificial Disc Replacement
Astrocytoma
Back Injuries
Back Pain
Bulging Disc
Cavernous Malformation
Cerebrospinal Fluid Conditions
Cervical and Lumbar Spine Surgery
Cervical Fusion
Cervical Neck Pain
Cervical Spinal Disorders
Cervical Spine Surgery
Complex Spine Surgery
Congenital Anomalies of Spine
Congenital Spinal Malformation
Degenerative Spine Disease
Disc Herniations
Failed Back Surgical Syndrome
Herniated Disc Surgery
Juvenile Scoliosis
Kyphoplasty
Kyphosis
Laminectomy
Low Back and Neck Pain
Lumbar Decompression
Microdiscectomy
Microsurgery of the Spine
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Neurosurgery
Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Osteomyelitis
Radiculopathy
Reconstructive Spine Surgery
Robotic Surgery
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Second Opinion
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Tumor
Spinal Decompression
Spinal Disease
Spinal Fusions
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Vascular Malformation
Spine (all aspects)
Spine Cancer
Spine Deformity
Spine Disorder
Spine Fusion Surgery
Spine Injuries
Spine Pain
Spondylisthesis
Spondylitis
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Tethered Cord Syndrome
Traumatic Spine Stabilization
Vertebroplasty

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

Administrative Titles

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery
Director of Neurosurgical Spine Research

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Languages

English

Gender

Male

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship: University of California, San Francisco
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship: Duke University

Honors & Awards

2022 Mayfield Clinical Science Award - AANS/CNS?Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
2022, 2020, 2019, and 2016 Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award - AANS/CNS?Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
2021 Reviewer of the Month - Journal of Spine Surgery
2021 CNS/Neurosurgery Top Spine Paper of the Year - Congress of Neurological Surgeons
2021 Howard Naffziger Award for Outstanding Clinical Service - University of California, San Francisco
2021 AANS Stewart Dunsker Award for Best Clinical Spine Abstract - American Association of Neurological Surgeons
2020 Best Basic Science Research Award - UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery
2019 Best Senior Research Paper Award - UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery
2019 Harold Rosegay, PhD, MD Award - San Francisco Neurological Surgery
2019 AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Journalistic and Academic Neurosurgical Excellence (J.A.N.E.) Award - AANS/CNS?Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
2018 Donald O. Quest, MD, FAANS(L) Resident Clinical Science Award - American Association of Neurological Surgeons
2018 Top Abstract Presentation Award - AANS/CNS?Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
2017 Academy Scholar - American Academy of Neurological Surgeons
2013 First Place, Clinical Science Oral Presentation - Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum
2012 Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship - Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
2010 Weinstein Research Fellowship - Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Research

Selected Publications

Chan AK, Shaffrey CI, Gottfried ON, Park C, Than KD, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts EA, Foley KT, Wang MY, Fu KM, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Park P, Upadhyaya C, Shaffrey ME, Buchholz AL, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Michalopoulos GD, Sherrod BA, Agarwal N, Chou D, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV.?Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with severe axial neck pain: is anterior or posterior approach better?.?J Neurosurg Spine.?2022 Aug 26;:1-14.?doi: 10.3171/2022.6.SPINE22110.?[Epub ahead of print]?PubMed PMID: 36029264.?Chan AK, Shahrestani S, Ballatori AM, Orrico KO, Manley GT, Tarapore PE, Huang M, Dhall SS, Chou D, Mummaneni PV, DiGiorgio AM.?Is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category Risk Adjustment Model Satisfactory for Quantifying Risk After Spine Surgery?.?Neurosurgery.?2022 Jul 1;91(1):123-131.?doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001980.?Epub 2022 May 16.?PubMed PMID: 35550453.?Chan AK, Eastlack RK, Fessler RG, Than KD, Chou D, Fu KM, Park P, Wang MY, Kanter AS, Okonkwo DO, Nunley PD, Anand N, Uribe JS, Mundis GM, Bess S, Shaffrey CI, Le VP, Mummaneni PV.?Two- and three-year outcomes of minimally invasive and hybrid correction of adult spinal deformity.?J Neurosurg Spine.?2022 Apr 1;36(4):595-608.?doi: 10.3171/2021.7.SPINE21138.?Print 2022 Apr 1.?Review.?PubMed PMID: 34740175.?Chan AK, Wozny TA, Bisson EF, Pennicooke BH, Bydon M, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KM, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, Guan J, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV.?Classifying Patients Operated for Spondylolisthesis: A K-Means Clustering Analysis of Clinical Presentation Phenotypes.?Neurosurgery.?2021 Nov 18;89(6):1033-1041.?doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab355.?PubMed PMID: 34634113.?Chan AK, Mummaneni PV, Burke JF, Mayer RR, Bisson EF, Rivera J, Pennicooke B, Fu KM, Park P, Bydon M, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Wang MY, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, Guan J, Haid RW, Chou D.?Does reduction of the Meyerding grade correlate with outcomes in patients undergoing decompression and fusion for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis?.?J Neurosurg Spine.?2021 Sep 17;:1-8.?doi: 10.3171/2021.3.SPINE202059.?[Epub ahead of print]?PubMed PMID: 34534963.?Chan AK, Ballatori A, Nyayapati P, Mummaneni NV, Coughlin D, Liebenberg E, Külling FA, Zhang N, Waldorff EI, Ryaby JT, Lotz JC.?Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields Accelerate Sensorimotor Recovery Following Experimental Disc Herniation.?Spine (Phila Pa 1976).?2021 Feb 15;46(4):E222-E233.?doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003762.?PubMed PMID: 33475275.?Chan AK, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KM, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, Guan J, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV.?Predictors of the Best Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.?Neurosurgery.?2020 Nov 16;87(6):1130-1138.?doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa206.?PubMed PMID: 32497184.?Chan AK, Santacatterina M, Pennicooke B, Shahrestani S, Ballatori AM, Orrico KO, Burke JF, Manley GT, Tarapore PE, Huang MC, Dhall SS, Chou D, Mummaneni PV, DiGiorgio AM.?Does state malpractice environment affect outcomes following spinal fusions? A robust statistical and machine learning analysis of 549,775 discharges following spinal fusion surgery in the United States.?Neurosurg Focus.?2020 Nov;49(5):E18.?doi: 10.3171/2020.8.FOCUS20610.?PubMed PMID: 33130616.?Chan AK, Badiee RK, Rivera J, Chang CC, Robinson LC, Mehra RN, Tan LA, Clark AJ, Dhall SS, Chou D, Mummaneni PV.?Crossing the Cervicothoracic Junction During Posterior Cervical Fusion for Myelopathy Is Associated With Superior Radiographic Parameters But Similar Clinical Outcomes.?Neurosurgery.?2020 Oct 15;87(5):1016-1024.?doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa241.?PubMed PMID: 32577734.?Chan AK, Lau D, Osorio JA, Yue JK, Berven SH, Burch S, Hu SS, Mummaneni PV, Deviren V, Ames CP.?Asymmetric Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Adult Spinal Deformity with Coronal Imbalance: Complications, Radiographic and Surgical Outcomes.?Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown).?2020 Feb 1;18(2):209-216.?doi: 10.1093/ons/opz106.?PubMed PMID: 31214712.


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