Chanland (Chan) Roonprapunt, MD, PhD Email Chanland (Chan) Roonprapunt
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- Position
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery
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- Specialty
- Neurosurgery
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- Languages
- English
- Spanish
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- Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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- Phone
- Mount Sinai West 212-636-4671212-636-4671
- Mount Sinai Union Square 212-636-4671212-636-4671
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Chanland (Chan) Roonprapunt, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon based at Mount Sinai West with office hours at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Phillips Ambulatory Care Center. He has a broad experience in the treatment of surgical disorders of the nervous system as well as a special interest in Chiari malformations, syringomyelia, and spinal conditions.
Dr. Roonprapunt completed his neurosurgical training at Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai West in New York, NY. He continued his training with an orthopedic spine fellowship at the Beth Israel Spine Institute of New York, where he gained significant experience in spinal instrumentation in the management of spinal degeneration and deformity.
With a unique background in neurosurgery and orthopedic spine, he is prepared to treat all spine conditions by utilizing minimally invasive techniques of decompression and stabilization. Dr. Roonprapunt also has experience in artificial disc replacement in the cervical and lumbar spine. He has published multiple book chapters and articles in the neurosurgical literature regarding management of Chiari malformations and intramedullary spinal tumors. He has lectured nationally on these topics.
Dr. Roonprapunt graduated from the medical scientist training program at New York University School of Medicine, where he received his medical and PhD degrees. His PhD thesis involved the study of acute spinal cord injury. He earned his undergraduate degree in Biology at Cornell University.
Dr. Roonprapunt has been recognized within the Guide to America’s Top Surgeons (2007) by the Consumer’s Research Council of America and Strathmore’s Who’s Who in 2007 and 2008. He has received the Patient’s Choice Award and Compassionate Doctor Award from American Registry from 2010 through 2013. Dr. Roonprapunt has been selected into Castle and Connolly's Top Doctors of New York in Neurological Surgery in 2016 and 2018.
Certification
Neurology
Clinical Focus
- Arnold-Chiari Syndrome
- Biopsy
- Cervical Disc Replacement
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chiari Malformation
- Craniotomy
- Herniated Disk
- Hydrocephalus
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Meningioma
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Pinched Nerve
- Sciatica
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis
- Subdural Hematoma
- Thoracic/Lumbar Laminectomy
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Ventriculostomy
Research Topics
Spinal Cord
Education
MD, NYU Medical Center
Residency, Neurological Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship, Spine Surgery
Beth Israel Medical Center - Spine Institute
Languages
English, Spanish
2013
Patient's Choice Award
American Registry
2013
Top Doctor
Castle Connolly
2012
Patient's Choice Award
American Registry
2012
Compassionate Doctor Recognition
American Registry
2010
Patient's Choice Award
American Registry
2010
Compassionate Doctor Recognition
American Registry
2007
America's Top Surgeon
Consumer's Research Council of America
Neuroscience, Spinal Cord
Dr. Chan has a clinical interest in Chiari Malformations, syringomyelia, and spinal deformity. He is currently working with the Department of Orthopedics on Technical Methods to improve the placement of spinal instrumentation in the correction of spinal deformities. Recent work with Dr. Baron Lonner focused on "The Transverse Process Trajectory - A New Technique for Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement in the Deformed Spine."
Recinos PF, Roonprapunt C, Jallo GI. Intrinsic brainstem epidermoid cyst. Case report and review of the literature. Journal of neurosurgery 2006 Apr; 104(4 Suppl).
Roonprapunt C, Silvera VM, Setton A, Freed D, Epstein FJ, Jallo GI. Surgical management of isolated hemangioblastomas of the spinal cord. Neurosurgery 2001 Aug; 49(2).
Li KW, Roonprapunt C, Lawson HC, Abbott IR, Wisoff J, Epstein F, Jallo GI. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus associated with tectal gliomas. Neurosurgical focus 2005 Jun; 18(6A).
Jallo GI, Roonprapunt C, Kothbauer K, Freed D, Allen J, Epstein F. Spinal solitary fibrous tumors: a series of four patients: case report. Neurosurgery 2005 Jul; 57(1).
Brisman JL, Roonprapunt C, Song JK, Niimi Y, Setton A, Berenstein A, Flamm ES. Intentional partial coil occlusion followed by delayed clip application to wide-necked middle cerebral artery aneurysms in patients presenting with severe vasospasm. Report of two cases. Journal of neurosurgery 2004 Jul; 101(1).
Roonprapunt C, Houten JK. Spinal cord astrocytomas: presentation, management, and outcome. Neurosurgery clinics of North America 2006 Jan; 17(1).
Haspel J, Friedlander DR, Ivgy-May N, Chickramane S, Roonprapunt C, Chen S, Schachner M, Grumet M. Critical and optimal Ig domains for promotion of neurite outgrowth by L1/Ng-CAM. Journal of neurobiology 2000 Feb; 42(3).
Yanni DS, Mammis A, Ebersole K, Roonprapunt C, Sen C, Perin NI. Revision of Chiari decompression for patients with recurrent syrinx. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2010 Aug; 17(8).
Surgical Management of Syringomyelia Occurring with Chiari Malformations. In: Neurosurgical Management of the Craniovertebral Junction. Thieme Medical Publishers;.
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