Taemin Oh, MD

Neurological Spine Surgery
Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
More specialties
Accepting New Patients
Treats Children
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Overview

Dr. Oh serves as the Co-Director of Complex Pediatric Spinal Neurosurgery and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgical Scoliosis. His primary focus is on guiding young patients through their surgical journey and advocating for their care.

Dr. Oh specializes in taking care of patients with pediatric scoliosis and spinal deformity, spina bifida, tethered cord, cerebral palsy, spasticity, Chiari malformation, and cervical deformity. He is well-versed in both traditional open surgery and minimally invasive, fusionless surgeries, including vertebral body tethering.

After graduating with honors from Yale University, Dr. Oh earned his medical degree from University of California, Los Angeles, and completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco.

He is one of the few pediatric neurosurgeons in the country, and the sole one in New York City, who has dual training in pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric spine surgery, completing two highly regarded fellowships at the University of Utah and Shriner's Hospital for Philadelphia. This comprehensive training has equipped him to address the unique challenges faced by pediatric patients. In reflection of his expertise in pediatric spine surgery, he has a dual appointment with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Back Pain
  • Kyphosis
  • Neck Pain
  • Scoliosis
  • Spine Deformity
  • Spine Tumors

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Languages

  • Korean
  • Spanish

Gender

  • Male

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California
  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco
  • Fellowship: University of Utah Medical Center, Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Fellowship: Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pediatric Spine Surgery

Honors & Awards

2009 Magna Cum Laude, Yale University 2009 Distinction within major, Political Science 2012 Clinical and Translational Research Fellowship Program, UCSF 2013 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Northwestern University 2019 AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery & NREF 2019-20 Research Fellowship Grant2022 Meghan Rose Bradley Foundation Award, Best Tumor Abstract

Research

Dr. Oh has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications in a variety of neurosurgical and spine surgery journals. His primary research interests are centered around improving patient care, advances in surgical technique, as well as vertebral body tethering.