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Tanvir Choudhri, MD
Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery
Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice Spine Center212-241-8560
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Dr. Choudhri is a board certified neurosurgeon and Co-Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Program in Mount Sinai's Department of Neurosurgery. After graduating with distinction (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, he completed his neurosurgery training at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and NY Neurological Institute. He then completed additional spine fellowship training at the Barrow Neurological Institute under Dr. Sonntag, an internationally-renowned spine surgeon.
Dr. Choudhri's chief clinical interests include:
• Cervical spine disorders/surgery
• Minimally-invasive spine surgery (cervical and lumbar)
• Intradural spine tumor surgery
• Sports neurosurgery, including concussion management
His overall practice covers a wide range of spinal disorders:
• Minimally-invasive spine surgery: Microscopic/endoscopic surgery
• Craniovertebral junction disorders: Chiari malformation, occipital-cervical instability
• Cervical spine disorders: Neck/arm pain, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, spondylosis
• Thoracic spine disorders: Herniated discs, tumors, paraspinal biopsies
• Lumbosacral spine disorders: Low back/leg pain, herniated discs, spinal stenosis
• Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury
• Spinal tumors: Intramedullary, intradural, extradural, paraspinal
• Spinal deformity: Scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal instability, post-op kyphosis repair
• Congenital spine disease: Diastematomyelia, dermal sinus, myelomeningocele
• Peripheral nerve surgery: Carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve, meralgia paresthetica and tumors
Dr. Choudhri frequently participates in educating other spine surgeons at national/international conferences. He is active in leading Neurosurgical and Spine organizations and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves and the Joint Section on Neurotrauma. He has served on national multispecialty committees that developed and published guidelines for lumbar and cervical spine surgery. Dr. Choudhri has co-edited a textbook, Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery.
Dr. Choudhri has been selected for inclusion in numerous "best doctor" lists including Castle Connolly Top Doctors and NY Metro Top Doctors (2013-2025), Best Doctors in America (2007-2008), Montclair Who's Who in Healthcare (2008-2009), and New York Super Doctors (2009).
Dr. Choudhri's research interests focus on spinal injury, cervical spinal disorders, minimally-invasive techniques, and improving outcome from spine surgery and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) including concussions and subconcusive injuries.
Dr. Choudhri is a collaborating consultant for Concussion Management of New York and a member of the Mount Sinai Play Safe Program, which provides multidisciplinary care to injured atheltes and technical assistance, as well as education to families and school personnel.
In the News
Dr. Tanvir Choudhri discusses how he performed rare spinal surgery on Broadway dancer, Giuseppe Bausilio
http://www.fox5ny.com/news/broadway-dancer-undergoes-rare-spinal-surgery
Dr. Tanvir Choudri discusses cervical spinal problems in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Spinal Cord, Spine
Clinical Focus
- Bone Cancer
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Concussion
- Herniated Disk
- Kyphosis
- Low Back Pain
- MRI - Back / Spine
- MRI - Spinal Cord
- Neck Fracture
- Quadriplegia And Paraplegia
- Sciatica
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Second Opinion
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic/Lumbar Laminectomy
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Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Internship, Surgery (General Surgery)
New York Presbyterian/Columbia Cardiothoracic
Residency, Neurosurgery
Columbia University Neurological Surgery
Fellowship, Neurosurgery
The Core Institute Specialty Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Awards
2014-2025
Top Doctors New York Metro Area
Castle Connolly
2013-2025
Top Doctor
New York Magazine
1998
Schlesinger Fellowship in Neurosurgical Research
1997
Galbraith Award
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
1996
Housestaff Research Award
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
1994
Alpha Omega Alpha
1990
Phi Beta Kappa
Research
CSM-S Trial
National expert member (one of 20). The expert panel evaluates the patients being entered into the trial to establish clinical equipoise. The CSM-S trial is a prospective randomized multicenter trial evaluating clinical and socioeconomic outcome following anterior versus posterior surgical intervention for CSM.
Pfizer STRIVE Trial
Mount Sinai Principal Investigator for STRIVE Trial, a multicenter trial designed to test the efficacy and safety of a vaccine to help prevent infection in people undergoing multi-level spinal fusion surgery.
StemCells Pathway Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator and member of surgical team. The Pathway Trial is designed to test the efficacy and safety of stem cell injection on patients with AIS, A, B, and C chronic spinal cord injury.
InVivo 100-101 Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator on the InVivo 100-101 Trial, which is designed to test the safety of a Scaffold device on patients with complete AIS A acute spinal cord injury.
Vertex VX-210 Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator on the VX-210 Trial, which is designed to test the efficacy and safety of the VX-210 drug on patients with AIS A or B acute spinal cord injury.
National expert member (one of 20). The expert panel evaluates the patients being entered into the trial to establish clinical equipoise. The CSM-S trial is a prospective randomized multicenter trial evaluating clinical and socioeconomic outcome following anterior versus posterior surgical intervention for CSM.
Pfizer STRIVE Trial
Mount Sinai Principal Investigator for STRIVE Trial, a multicenter trial designed to test the efficacy and safety of a vaccine to help prevent infection in people undergoing multi-level spinal fusion surgery.
StemCells Pathway Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator and member of surgical team. The Pathway Trial is designed to test the efficacy and safety of stem cell injection on patients with AIS, A, B, and C chronic spinal cord injury.
InVivo 100-101 Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator on the InVivo 100-101 Trial, which is designed to test the safety of a Scaffold device on patients with complete AIS A acute spinal cord injury.
Vertex VX-210 Trial: Mount Sinai
Co-investigator on the VX-210 Trial, which is designed to test the efficacy and safety of the VX-210 drug on patients with AIS A or B acute spinal cord injury.
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- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Effect of Sleep Duration and Concussion History on Neurocognitive Testing Symptoms for Post-injury States. Bahie Ezzat, Eugene Hrabarchuk, Michael Lemonick, Frederika Rentzeperis, Roshini Kalagara, Muhammad Ali, Matthew T. Carr, Alexander J. Schupper, Hanya M. Qureshi, Sujay Ratna, Cole Brown, Gabriel Dara, Alex Gometz, Mark Lovell, Tanvir F. Choudhri. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Single-Institution Retrospective Propensity Score-Matched Comparative Cost Analysis of Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion in Geriatric Patients with Cervical Disc Herniation. Bahie Ezzat, Yehia Elkersh, Roshini Kalagara, Priya Bhanot, Juhana Habib, Matthew T. Carr, Alexander J. Schüpper, Hanya M. Qureshi, Eugene Hrabarchuk, Addison Quinones, Tanvir F. Choudhri. World Neurosurgery
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Associated with Increased Home Discharge Rates in Geriatric Patients with Cervical Disc Herniation Compared to Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Bahie Ezzat, Priya Bhanot, Roshini Kalagara, Yehia Elkersh, Muhammad Ali, Charles Laurore, Matthew T. Carr, Alexander J. Schüpper, Hanya M. Qureshi, Eugene Hrabarchuk, Addison Quinones, Jonathan Gal, Tanvir F. Choudhri. World Neurosurgery
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Care Provider’s Explanation
4.8 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.8 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.7 out of 5
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Choudhri during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- BK Meditech
- SGN Nanopharma
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.