Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, MD, Lockport, NY, 14094

At Buffalo Spine Surgery, our goal is to provide comprehensive spine evaluation and care, utilizing the latest available technology and surgical techniques to return our patients to their optimal level of function as quickly as possible.

Dr. Cappuccino, one of the first doctors in the state of New York approved to perform artificial disc replacement, now heads a team of professional at Buffalo Spine Surgery. Dr. Cappuccino has done more disk replacement surgeries than any other surgeon in the U.S. His background consists of an undergraduate education in biomedical engineering at John Hopkins University, a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Buffalo medical school, then a return to John Hopkins to complete specialty training in spine surgery. He is one of the first surgeons to be certified by the American Board of Spine Surgery and continues to be an investigator in numerous studies and trials dedicated to improving spinal surgery outcomes and technologies. Dr. Cappuccino not only teaches specialized spine surgery techniques internationally, but has operated on five continents as well. He has authored numerous articles and has served on the medical staff of the Buffalo Bills for many years.

Dr. Cappuccino was recently honored by Business First and selected as Western New York's "Health Care Hero 2005" for his contributions as an innovator of medical technology.

Dr. Andrew Cappuccino works with Dr. Ryan DenHaese, MD, Lockport, NY, 14094 at Buffalo Spine Surgery.