Meet the Fellows

Each year, 11 new Fellows join Columbia Orthopedics

HAND & UPPER EXTREMITY

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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

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Aymen Alqazzaz, MD
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Maryland

 

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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

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Ophir Segal, MD
Residency: Sheba Medical Center, Israel
MD: Tel Aviv University
Undergraduate: Tel Aviv University, BMS

 

 


ADVANCED PEDIATRICS SPINAL DEFORMITY

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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

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Andrew J. Luzzi, MD
Residency: NYOH, Columbia Orthopedics
MD: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Undergraduate: Cornell University

 


SPORTS MEDICINE

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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

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Evan F. Joiner, MD
Residency: Columbia Neurological Surgery
MD: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Undergraduate: Yale College

 

 

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Lawal A. Labaran, MD
Residency: University of Virginia Health System
MD: University of Illinois, College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Chicago State University

 

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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

 

 

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Matthew E. Simhon, MD
Residency: Columbia Orthopedics
Medical School: Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College