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John Houten, MD
Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery
About Me
John K. Houten, MD, is a nationally renowned board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in computer-assisted image-guided surgery, spinal motion preservation techniques, and difficult revision surgery. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of Spine Surgery at Mount Sinai South Nassau. Conditions frequently treated in his practice include Lumbar Stenosis, Pseudoarthrosis, Spinal Cord Tumors, Spondylolysis, Herniated Discs, Neck Pain, Cervical Radiculopathy, and Cervical Myelopathy.
Dr. Houten graduated from the New York University School of Medicine with Alpha Omega Alpha honors and was awarded the Valentine Mott Medal in surgery. He then competed a neurosurgery residency and spinal surgery fellowship at New York University Medical Center.
His research interests include degenerative disease of the spine, spinal cancer reconstruction, neurological manifestations of spinal disease, and revision spinal surgery. In addition to seeing patients in the office and performing surgery, Dr. Houten is actively conducting clinical research in many facets of spinal degenerative disease and has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles. He serves as Section Editor for Spine and Neurotrauma for the scientific journal World Neurosurgery and is an Editorial Advisor for BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. He also serves as a reviewer for more than a dozen other scientific journals including Neurosurgery, Spine, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurological Sciences, British Journal of Neurosurgery, and Journal of Robotic Surgery.
Dr. Houten lives in Midwood section of Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Dr. Gila Weinstein, a plastic surgeon with whom he has collaborated on a number publications describing specialized closure techniques for spinal surgery.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai South Nassau
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Brain / Spinal Cord Cancer
- Brain, Spine Tumors
- Cervical Disc Replacement
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Disc Disease of Neck and Back
- Disc Displacement
- Disc Herniation
- MRI - Back / Spine
- MRI - Spinal Cord
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Spinal Cord Disorder
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Spinal Cord Reconstructive Surgery
- Spinal Cord Second Opinion
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Vascular Malformations
- Spine Fracture
- Spine Pain
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Syrinx
- Vertebral Compression Fracture
- Vertebral Fracture
Education
MD, New York University School of Medicine
Internship, Surgery (General Surgery)
New York University School of Medicine
Residency, Neurological Surgery
New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Neurosurgery - Spine
New York University School of Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Houten has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.