Meet the Fellows
Each year, 11 new Fellows join Columbia Orthopedics
HAND & UPPER EXTREMITY
Paul J. Tesoriero, MD
Residency: NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine Orthopedic Surgery
Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergraduate: Boston College
HIP & KNEE
Aymen Alqazzaz, MD
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Maryland
Lisa Y. Follet, DO
Residency: Montefiore Orthopedic Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Undergraduate: US Military Academy West Point
PEDIATRICS
Ophir Segal, MD
Residency: Sheba Medical Center, Israel
MD: Tel Aviv University
Undergraduate: Tel Aviv University, BMS
ADVANCED PEDIATRICS SPINAL DEFORMITY
Josephine R. Coury, MD
Fellowship: Adult & Pediatric Comprehensive Spine, Columbia Orthopedics/NYP
Residency: Columbia Orthopedics
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College
SHOULDER / ELBOW
Andrew J. Luzzi, MD
Residency: NYOH, Columbia Orthopedics
MD: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Undergraduate: Cornell University
SPORTS MEDICINE
William Curtis, MD
Residency: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
MD: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of California, Santa Cruz
SPINE
Evan F. Joiner, MD
Residency: Columbia Neurological Surgery
MD: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Undergraduate: Yale College
Lawal A. Labaran, MD
Residency: University of Virginia Health System
MD: University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Chicago State University
Nicholas M. Laskay, MD
Residency: University of Alabama Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
MD: University of Alabama Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Alabama
Matthew E. Simhon, MD
Residency: Columbia Orthopedics
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College