MitchellStephenFourmanMDM.Phil

Musculoskeletal Oncology/Cancer, Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Director of Orthopaedic Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Montefiore / Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Office
1250 Waters Place
Tower 1, 11th Floor
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone+1 718-920-2060

Summary

Mitchell S. Fourman, MD M.Phil is an attending physician and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Fourman’s clinical focus is the spine, with particular interests in adult spinal deformity, adult degenerative spine pathology, metastatic cancer to the spine and primary spine tumors.

Dr. Fourman earned his Bachelor of Science at Stony Brook University in 2008, where he was a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and a SUNY Chancellor’s Award winner. Dr. Fourman attended the University of Cambridge to earn a Masters of Philosophy in Sociology in 2009 prior to completing his Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Research and the Humanities in 2014 at Stony Brook University. Dr. Fourman pursued his postdoctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completing an internship in general surgery in 2015 followed by a residency in orthopedic surgery in 2020. He then went on to complete a clinical fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Harvard in 2021 followed by a clinical fellowship in Adult Spine and Scoliosis Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in 2022 under Drs. Todd Albert, Han Jo Kim and Sheeraz Qureshi.

Dr. Fourman’s research focuses include the impact of socioeconomic disparities on surgical outcomes, the management of metastatic spine disease, the implementation of value-based orthopaedic care and the use of near-infrared fluorescence imaging to identify areas of spinal nerve compression. He also studies multiple aspects of adult spinal deformity in collaboration with the International Spine Study Group (ISSG). He has won several awards for his research, including the Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research while a fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Education & Training

Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2021 - 2022
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Musculoskeletal Oncology, 2020 - 2021
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2014 - 2020
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2014
University of CambridgeM.Phil, Social Psychology, 2008 - 2009

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2021 - 2026
MA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
PA State Medical License 2019 - 2021
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery Research Hospital for Special Surgery, 2022
Top Paper Award Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting, 2016
Invited Speaker - Stony Brook TEDx Program Stony Brook University, 2013
2nd Place - Stony Brook DARE Business Start-Up Grant Program Stony Brook Small Business Development Council, 2010
SUNY Chancellor's Award Winner State University of New York, 2008
William Sullivan Award Stony Brook University, 2008
USA Today All-Academic Third Team USA Today, 2007
Barry Goldwater Scholar Barry Goldwater Foundation, 2006
Inductee National Gallery of Young Inventors, 2005
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Racial Disparities in Patients with Metastatic Tumors of the Spine: A Systematic Review.
Jessica Ryvlin, Andrew Brook, Lucas Dziesinski, Nitza Granados, Rose Fluss
World Neurosurgery. 2024-12-01
Unsupervised Clustering of Adult Spinal Deformity Patterns Predicts Surgical and Patient-Reported Outcomes.
Renaud Lafage, Junho Song, Jonathan Elysee, Mitchell S Fourman, Justin S Smith
Global Spine Journal. 2024-10-23
Return to sporting activities following long fusions to the pelvis in adult spinal deformity.
Omri Maayan, Bo Zhang, Mitchell S Fourman, John Clohisy, Anthony Pajak
The Spine Journal. 2024-10-01

Abstracts/Posters

Are the New Generation of Dorsal Plates still a Greater Risk than Volar Fixed Angle Plating? Results of a Meta-Analysis
Fourman, MS; Bielicka, D; Zhang, C; Goitz, RJ; Fowler, JR, 2015 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, 3/2015
Quantitative Analysis of Nipple Areola Complex Tattoo Fade Patterns: Results of a Prospective Study
Levites, HA; Lyubchik, A; Trasolini, NA; Fromm, IM; Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Khan, SU; Dagum, AB; Bui, DT, 31st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Providence, Rhode Island, 9/2014
Characterization of Acute Venous Congestion in a Rat Model using Indocyanine Green Angiography
Nasser, AE; Fourman, MS; Gersch, RP; Hsi, H; Phillips, BT; Dagum, AB; Khan, SU; Gelfand, MA; Bui, DT, 59th Plastic Surgery Research Council, New York, New York, 3/2014
Prediction of Optimal Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fusion Angle Using Simulated Joint Arthrodesis
Lider, Y; Fourman, MS; DeChello, K; Iyer, A; Sisto, SA; Dagum, AB, 59th Plastic Surgery Research Council, New York, New York, 3/2014
Can Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Angiography Predict Fat Necrosis in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction?
Levites, HA; Trasolini, NA; Fourman, MS; Nasser, AE; Khan, SU; Gelfand, M; Bui, DT, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery 2014 Annual Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii, 1/2014
Clinical vs. Perfusion Diagnosis of Venous Congestion using Validated Novel Rat Model
Nasser, A; Fourman, MS; Gersch, RP; Hsi, H; Gelfand, M; Bui, DT, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery 2014 Annual Meeting, Kauai, Hawaii, 1/2014
Results of Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing Postoperative Antibiotic Use in Immediate Breast Reconstruction
Phillips, BT; Fourman, MS; Dagum, AB; Huston, TL; Ganz, JC; Khan, SU; Bui, DT, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2013, Washington D.C., 10/2013
Upper Limb Replantation Practices and Outcomes: A Multinational Survey of 234 ASSH Replantation Surgeons
Nasser, A; Fourman, M; Dagum, AB, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, San Francisco, California, 10/2013
Prediction of Optimal Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Fusion Angle using Simulated Joint Arthrodesis
Lider, Y; DeChello K; Fourman, M; Iyer, A; Sisto, S; Dagum, A, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, San Francisco, California, 10/2013
Can Laser Assisted Indocyanine Green Dye Angiography Detect Venous Congestion more Reliably than Clinical Assessment in a Rate Venous Occlusion Model?
Nasser, A; Fourman, MS; Gersch, RP; Hsi, H; Gelfand, MA; Bui, DT, 30th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Washington D.C., 9/2013
Modeling Fade Patterns of Nipple Areola Tattoos Following Breast Reconstruction
Levites, HA; Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Fromm, IM; Khan, SU; Dagum, AB; Bui, DT, 30th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Washington D.C., 9/2013
Use of Pre-Operative MRI to Predict Tissue Thickness of Mastectomy Skin Flaps
Nasser, A; Huston, B; Kanth, A; Fourman, M; Fisher, P; Rizk, C; Huston, T, 5th European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany, 8/2013
Post-Operative CT Measurements Accurately Predict the Need for Clinical Intervention – Retrospective Findings to Support Prospective Clinical Trial Protocol
Fourman, MS; Borst, E; Bogner, E; Rozbruch SR; Fragomen, AT, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Meeting, New York, New York, 7/2013
Indocyanine Green Angiography Predicts Flap Pedicle Venous Congestion within One Minute of Occlusion in Rat Models
Fourman, MS; Nasser, A; Mathison, M; Phillips, BT; Gersch, R; Gelfand, M; Bui, DT, 58th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Santa Monica, California, 5/2013
Are Postoperative Antibiotics for Immediate Breast Reconstruction Necessary? Results of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
Phillips, BT; Fourman, MS; Dagum, AB; Huston, TL; Ganz, JC; Khan, SU; Bui, DT, 58th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Santa Monica, California, 5/2013
In Vivo Cardiac Cellular Reprogramming Efficacy is Enhanced by Angiogenic Preconditioning of the Infarcted Myocardium
Mathison, M; Gersch, R; Nasser, A; Korman, M; Fourman, MS; Hacket, N; Qian, L; Srivastava, D; Shroyer, K; Ma, Y; Crystal, R; Rosengart, TK, 2012 Scientific Sessions - American Heart Association, Los Angeles, CA, 11/2012
Comparing the Effects of Physiologic Delay and AdVEGF-All Pre-Treatment on Rat Dorsal Skin Flap Survival
Fourman, MS; Palmaccio, SJ; Gersch, R; Phillips, BT; McClain, SA; Rivara, A; Verma, R; Nasser, A; Dagum, AB; Rosengart, TK; Bui, DT, 29th Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 9/2012
Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Dye Angiography Accurately Predicts the Split-Thickness Graft Timing of Integra Artificial Dermis
Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Fritz, JR; Conkling, N; McClain, SA; Simon, M; Dagum, AB, 29th Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 9/2012
Digital Image Speckle Correlation (DISC) for Projection of Candidate Areas for Regrafting after Severe Burn Scarring
Fourman, MS; Bhatnagar, D; Phillips, BT; Crawford, L; Lin, F; Rafailovich, MH; Singer, AJ; Clark, RA, 5th European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany, 8/2012
Acute Administration of Empty Viral Vector Causes Substantial Improvement in Dorsal Skin Flap Survival in Rat Models
Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Gersch, R; Rivara, A; Nasser, A; Dagum, AB; Rosengart, TK; Bui, DT, 5th European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany, 8/2012
Laser Assisted Indocyanine Green Dye Angiography Successfully Predicts Venous Stasis in Free Flaps within 1 Minute of Occlusion
Fourman, MS; Nasser, A; Mathison, MM; Phillips, BT; Gersch, R; Gelfand, M; Bui, DT, 5th European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany, 8/2012
Quantifying the Initial Bacterial Load of Aseptic and Sterile Acellular Dermal Matrix
Nasser, A; Fourman, MS; Lilo, S; Schuster, I; Fritz, J; Phillips, BT; Khan, S; Ganz, J; Gelfand, M; Huston, T; Dagum, AB; Bui, DT, 5th European Plastic Surgery Research Council, Hamburg, Germany, 8/2012
Perioperative BMP-2 Treatment Reduces Likelihood of Ankle Fusion Failure
Fourman, MS; Borst, E; Rozbruch, SR; Fragomen, A, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 7/2012
Potential Synergy of Adenoviral VEGF-All and EGR-1 Vectors may Optimize the Survival of Rat McFarlane Flaps
Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Rivara, A; Gersch, R; Rosengart, TK; Dagum, AB, 57th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 6/2012
Developing an Algorithmic Approach to Assess Burn Depth and Contraction using Laser Assisted Indocyanine Green Dye Angiography
Fourman, MS; Phillips, BT; Crawford, L; Romanelli, P; Lin, F; Singer, AJ; Clark, RA, 57th Plastic Surgery Research Council, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 6/2012
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Lectures

Seeing Medicine through Fluorescent Eyes
Stony Brook University TEDx Conference, Stony Brook, New York - 10/2013

Research History

Clinical Scientist Track - Univ of Pittsburgh Medical CenterIntegrated Research Year through Orthopaedic Surgery Residency2015 - 2016
Research Coordinator - Stony Brook Plastic Surgery2011 - 2012
Medical Student Summer Research Fellow - Hospital for Special Surgery2009 - 2009
Morin Foundation Research Fellow2007 - 2008
NSF-REU Fellow - Dept of Chemical Engineering, Princeton Univ2005 - 2005