Michael G. Vitale MD, MPH

Dr. Michael G. Vitale is the Ana Lucia Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center and Director of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, and the Chief of the Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Service at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. He specializes in the non-operative and operative treatment of children with complex spinal problems and has a special interest in the treatment of patients with Early Onset Scoliosis. He has pioneered numerous innovative surgical techniques and has developed spinal instrumentation systems to improve the care of children with scoliosis.

Dr. Vitale received his Masters of Public Health from Columbia University Joseph Mailman School of Public Health. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, which was followed by a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and a one-year fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the University of Southern California.