Galal A. Elsayed, M.D.
Galal A. Elsayed, M.D.
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About Galal A. Elsayed, M.D.
My primary goal is to alleviate your discomfort using the safest, minimally invasive techniques available. With over a decade of study and training, I am well equipped to assist you. Every day, I am humbled by the trust you place in me. Throughout our journey together, I am dedicated to offering you the same care and consideration I would give to my own family and close friends.
Dr. Galal Elsayed is an award-winning neurosurgeon with advanced fellowship training in endoscopic, minimally invasive, and complex reconstructive spine surgery from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Elsayed has training in the use of augmented reality and robotics and has pioneered surgical planning using virtual reality/spatial computing for minimally invasive spine surgery and complex spinal reconstructions. He practices at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. Dr. Elsayed’s practice treats the full spectrum of spinal disorders, including disc herniations, age-related arthritis, infections, primary and metastatic spinal tumors, fractures, spinal cord injury, congenital anomalies, scoliosis, and kyphosis. Using cutting-edge technology, Dr. Elsayed personalizes his surgical approach with a focus on safety using three-dimensional planning in virtual reality. A significant portion of Dr. Elsayed’s practice is dedicated to revision surgeries for patients who have had prior spine surgery. Dr. Elsayed uses and is involved in the development of cutting-edge surgical technology such as intraoperative navigation, ultra-minimally invasive endoscopy, and the use of spatial computing platforms. Dr. Elsayed’s most prized focus is on patient education; he enjoys helping patients explore their own spine in virtual reality during clinic visits.
Dr. Elsayed is an Assistant Professor at and an Assistant Attending Neurosurgeon at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he primarily sees patients at the Long Island City office.
RESEARCH
Dr. Elsayed has received numerous awards for his research, including the Griffith R. Harsh III Research Award and the Richard B. Morawetz Research Award (three years in a row), where he was also named the University of Alabama-Birmingham Clinical Research Buchalter Scholar in 2019. He has twice been awarded a Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Young Surgeon’s Grant and has received the Cervical Spine Research Society Scholarship. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on neurological surgery and contributed a chapter to Dr. Ali Baaj’s recent edition of the Handbook of Spine Surgery. He has also authored a chapter in Dr. Nitin Agarwal’s Surviving Neurosurgery. Dr. Elsayed is also an entrepreneur who founded Neurite, an artificial intelligence company that has worked with the United States Department of Defense and the Advanced Regenerative Medicine Institute for pandemic relief during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Elsayed has presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and has been invited to the United States White House to present his research to Health and Human Services.
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2024 New York Super Doctors Rising Star
2023 Just-in-Time Core Funding Award, Washington University in St. Louis
2022 Cervical Spine Research Society National Meeting Scholarship
2022 Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Young Surgeon’s Grant
2022 Cervical Spine Research Society Scholarship
2021 Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) Young Surgeon’s Grant
2020 United States White House Invitation
2019 Griffith R. Harsh, III Research Award
2019 Clinical Research Buchalter Scholar
2018 Richard B. Morawetz Research Award
2017 Richard B. Morawetz Research Award
2016 Richard B. Morawetz Research Award
2014 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Zeta Chapter - University of Central Florida
2013 Second Place – AAP Poster Presentation
2013 First Place – University of Central Florida FIRE Oral Presentation
2012 University of Central Florida College of Medicine Institutional Scholarship
2012 University of Central Florida College of Medicine Basic Science Research Grant
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M.D.College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando2015
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B.S.University of Central Florida, Orlando2010
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Assistant Attending Neurological SurgeonNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Assistant Attending Neurological SurgeonNewYork-Presbyterian Queens
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Assistant Professor of Neurological SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
External Relationships
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