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Office
501 Seaview Ave
Ste 201
Staten Island, NY 10305Phone+1 718-226-4940Fax+1 718-226-4945
Summary
- Joining Northwell Health in 2017, Soriaya Lizette Motivala, MD is a board certified neurosurgeon who specifically specializes in procedures for chronic spine and limb pain. Dr. Motivala earned her medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her neurosurgery residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she served as Chief Resident. Following her residency, Dr. Motivala completed an externship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Motivala has been widely published in a variety of scholarly journals including CNS Quarterly, The Spine Journal and Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America.Joining Northwell Health in 2017, Soriaya Lizette Motivala, MD is a neurosurgeon who specifically specializes in procedures for chronic spine and limb pain. Dr. Motivala earned her medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her neurosurgery residency at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she served as Chief Resident. Following her residency, Dr. Motivala completed an externship in pediatric neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Motivala has been widely published in a variety of scholarly journals including CNS Quarterly, The Spine Journal and Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America.
Education & Training
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2008 - 2014
- Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2007, MD
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- An Evidence-Based Consensus for the Use of Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Non-Surgical Low Back Pain: The NEURON Group.Timothy Ray Deer, Jason E Pope, Erika A Petersen, Rany T Abdallah, Kasra Amirdelfan
Journal of Pain Research. 2025-01-01 - 4 citationsNegative Pressure Wound Therapy in Spinal Surgery.Alexandra Jeanne White, Ronit Gilad, Soriaya Motivala, Brian Fiani, Jonathan Rasouli
Bioengineering. 2022-10-26 - 3 citationsAn Anatomy-Informed, Novel Technique for S1 Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Lead Placement.Kenneth B Chapman, Noud van Helmond, Jan Willem Kallewaard, Kris C Vissers, Kiran V Patel
Pain Medicine. 2022-09-30
Other Languages
- French
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