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Dr. Alok Sharan is an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon who focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery as well as cervical spine surgery. He is also one of the early adopters of the Awake Spinal Fusion procedure. Currently, he serves as the Co-Director of the Westmed Spine Center.
After obtaining his undergraduate degree at Boston University he received his MD degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ. He completed his orthopedic residency at Albany Medical Center and a spine surgery fellowship at NYU-Hospital for Joint Disease. He was named an AO Spine Fellow and an AAOS Washington Health Policy Fellow. In 2015 he completed a healthcare management degree at Dartmouth College titled Masters in Health Care Delivery Science.
Previous to WestMed he was Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service at Montefiore Medical Center.
Committed to providing the community with high-quality spine surgical care, he has been recognized as a Best Doctor by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine Best Doctor, along with Westchester Magazine Best Doctor.
He has received numerous academic distinctions for his research with over 100 publications, abstracts, and book chapters. He has co-edited a textbook entitled Basic Science of Spinal Diseases. Dr. Sharan currently serves as a Deputy Editor for the publication Clinical Spine Surgery.