Specialty	Neurological Surgery , Spine Surgery
Clinical Interests	Cervical Spine Surgery
	Cervical Spinal Disorders
	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Myelopathy
	Back Surgery
	Herniated Disc
	Spinal Stenosis
	Spine Trauma
	Spinal Instability
	Spine Reconstruction
Languages	English
	Urdu (Pakistan)
	Indian (Hindi)
	Spanish
Gender	Male
E-mail	tanvir.choudhri@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, Columbia Univ. Col. of Phy. & Surg.
	Internship, Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
	Fellowship, Neurosurgery-Spine, Barrow Neurological Institute
Awards	1998 - 1999 Schlesinger Fellowship in Neurosurgical Research
	1997 Galbraith Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons
	1996 - 1997 Housestaff Research Award Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
	1994 Alpha Omega Alpha
	1990 Phi Beta Kappa

Dr. Choudhri is Co-Director of the Neurosurgery Spine Program in the Mount Sinai Department of Neurological Surgery.  After graduating with distinction (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he completed his neurosurgery training at Columbia's Presbyterian Hospital 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 (1) cervical spine disorders/surgery (2) minimally-invasive spine surgery (cervical and lumbar) and (3) intradural spine tumor surgery.  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 the education of other spine surgeons at national/international conferences.  He is active in leading Neurosurgical and Spine organizations and since 2001 has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.  He has served on national multispecialty committees which 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 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.

Education and Training	MD, Columbia Univ. Col. of Phy. & Surg.
	Internship, Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
	Fellowship, Neurosurgery-Spine, Barrow Neurological Institute
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

Specialty	Neurological Surgery , Spine Surgery
Clinical Interests	Cervical Spine Surgery
	Cervical Spinal Disorders
	Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
	Myelopathy
	Back Surgery
	Herniated Disc
	Spinal Stenosis
	Spine Trauma
	Spinal Instability
	Spine Reconstruction
Languages	English
	Urdu (Pakistan)
	Indian (Hindi)
	Spanish
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

Research interests include:
Treatment for chronic (myelopathy) and acute spinal cord injury

Development and use of new imaging techniques to improve surgical and nonsurgical treatment of cervical spinal disorders (spinal stenosis, spondylosis, and herniated discs)

Use of minimally-invasive principles/techniques to improve cervical and lumbar spine surgery

Outcomes research to help evaluate and improve current spine surgical procedures.

Spine surgery guidelines development

Dickman CD, Choudhri TF, Harms J. Occipitocervical Junction Trauma Surgery. In: Benzel E, editor. Spine Surgery. 2nd edition. 2 ed. Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier Publishers; 2005. pp512-525.

Resnick DK, Choudhri T, Dailey AT, Groff MW, Khoo L, Matz PG, Mummaneni P, Watters WC 3rd, Wang J, Walters BC, Hadley MN. Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. (17 articles). J Neurosurg Spine 2005 Jun; 2(6): 737-40.

Connolly ES, Mckhann Ii GM, Huang J, Choudhri TF, editors. Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery . New York, NY, Thieme; 2002.

Dam-Hieu P, Liu S, Liu S, Choudhri TF, Said G, Tadie M. Regeneration of Primary Sensory Axons into the Adult Rat Spinal Cord via a Peripheral Nerve Graft Bridging the Lumbar Dorsal Roots to the Dorsal Column. J Neurosci Res 2002 May; 68(3): 293-304.

Mccormick PM, Stein BM, Choudhri TF. Management of spinal vascular malformations. In: Barnett JM, Mohr JP, Stein BM, Yatsu FM, editors. Stroke, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. 3 Philadelphia, PA, Churchill Livingstone; 1998. pp1349-1358.