JosephMZavatskyMD

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Spine Surgeon - Spine & Scoliosis Specialists

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Office
3535 Severn Ave
Ste 8
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone+1 855-752-2225

Fax+1 800-793-3305

Dr. Joseph Zavatsky is an orthopedic spine surgeon in Tampa, FL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Tampa, and Westchase Surgery Center. He received his medical degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, completed his orthopedic residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center, and his spine fellowship at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. He has been in practice for 12 years. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) and has extensive experience in treating adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Hospital for Joint DiseasesFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2007 - 2008
Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002 - 2007
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 2002

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013

PubMed

8 citations
Curve Laterality for Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Adult Scoliosis Surgery: The Concave Versus Convex Controversy.
Adam S. Kanter, Zachary J. Tempel, Nitin Agarwal, D. Kojo Hamilton, Joseph M. Zavatsky
Neurosurgery. 2018-12-01
53 citations
Efficacy of intraoperative cell saver in decreasing postoperative blood transfusions in instrumented posterior lumbar fusion patients.
Paul Gause, Peter A. Siska, Edward Westrick, Joseph M. Zavatsky, James J. Irrgang
Spine. 2008-03-01
41 citations
Disease severity and treatment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: the impact of race and economic status.
Joseph M. Zavatsky, Austin Peters, Farzon A. Nahvi, Neil J. Bharucha, Per D. Trobisch
The Spine Journal. 2010-09-01

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