Consult with Dr. Griffin Baum in-person or via Telehealth today!
Consult with Dr. Griffin Baum in-person or via Telehealth today!
Our mission is to provide you with personalized, high-quality care. We are dedicated to improving and maintaining your health through education, empathy, and gold-standard, evidence-based spine and scoliosis surgery and non-surgical treatments.
Griffin R. Baum M.D., M.Sc. is a fellowship-trained, board-certified spine surgeon and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hofstra/Zucker School of Medicine. He treats pediatric and adult scoliosis patients at Lenox Hill Hospital located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Dr. Baum specializes in pediatric and adult scoliosis surgery as well as complex and revision spine surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Having trained Columbia University Medical Center for his Orthopaedic Spine Surgery fellowship, Dr. Baum has advanced expertise in neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine surgery and has distinguished himself as a leading spine surgeon in New York City. With the help of Hyunchu Kim-Gold, FNP, Dr. Baum provides a concierge experience for each and every patient with a spinal disorder; in fact, each patient receives Dr. Baum’s direct cell phone number and email address.
Dr. Baum completed his residency at Emory’s Neurological Surgery residency training program, serving as Chief Resident in his final year of training. From there, he went on to complete the prestigious Adult and Pediatric Comprehensive Spine Fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Baum’s expertise enables him to utilize advanced techniques in Spine Surgery to care for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, early onset and congenital scoliosis, congenital spondylolysis, adult degenerative scoliosis, cervical spinal deformity, adult idiopathic scoliosis, adult spinal deformity, failed back surgery syndrome, and iatrogenic spinal deformity after spinal fusion surgery. Dr. Baum stands at the forefront of cutting-edge techniques and is committed to employing advanced technology such as neuronavigation, spinal robotics, and spinal exoscopy to improve the lives of all patients with scoliosis, spinal deformity, and all other spine conditions.
Dr. Baum has distinguished himself as a clinical researcher and innovator with peer-reviewed articles and book chapters published in journals such as: Spinal Deformity, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, World Neurosurgery and The Global Spine Journal. His historical research efforts have focused on video technology, leveraging data to improve patient outcomes, and predictive analytics for minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Baum’s involvement in biomedical research and applied science enables him to apply current technologies to provide state-of-the-art care for each patient with a spinal disorder.
In addition to his clinical and research efforts, Dr. Baum is a passionate teacher and educator and serves as the Associate Residency Program Director for the Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Baum leads the Resident Academic and Wellness Day at the Bioskills Education Center in Lake Success, NY where Neurosurgery Residents learn surgical skills in a monthly cadaveric course covering the full spectrum of spine and cranial neurosurgical techniques. He also serves as the Faculty Mentor for the Neurosurgery Interest Group at the Zucker School of Medicine, providing guidance and support for medical students interested in the field of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery. In 2022, he was named Residency Teacher of the Year by the Neurosurgery Residents at the Zucker School of Medicine, the award that he is most proud of in his career.
Along with his clinical and research proficiency, Dr. Baum is personally committed to leveraging technology to make sure patients are receiving tailored, timely communication. Dr. Baum serves on the medical advisory board of Playback Health, a mobile-app based physician and patient communication technology. Playback Health is a patient facing communication platform that exists solely to improve the methods of personal interaction between patient and physician and between physicians and other healthcare providers.