Paul-Marie J. Brisson, MD

Dr. Paul M. Brisson is a world-class board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in spinal stenosis, degenerative spine disease, scoliosis, microdiscectomy, laminectomy, disc herniations, and cervical fusion. He maintains a private practice in New York, NY Spine Care, in addition to his affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital, where he also serves as Director of Spinal Surgery. Lower Manhattan Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care, teaching hospital in New York City and is one of the few hospitals in Lower Manhattan south of Greenwich Village. Within the practice, there are three other languages spoken, including Spanish, polish, and French, which enhances his communication with patients coming from different cultural backgrounds.

An extraordinary orthopedic surgeon featuring an astonishing 33 years of occupational history in his specialty, Dr. Paul M. Brisson earned his medical degree from the University of Montreal’s School of Medicine in Quebec, Canada, in 1979. He has then completed a wide range of post-graduate training, including residencies in General and Orthopedic Surgery at McGill University’s Teaching Hospital Network, a Spinal Surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York, and a Fellowship for Spinal Surgery at Buffalo General Hospital, where he worked with pioneering spinal surgeon Dr. Edward D. Simmons.