Dr. Gbolahan Okubadejo

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So my name is Bolan Akubadejo.

I am a practicing orthopedic spine surgeon in the New York metro area.

I have offices in both New York and New Jersey.

I've been in practice now about 18 years.

My focus is primarily spine.

I do some orthopedics as well.

So I went to undergrad at Brown University, med school at Johns Hopkins, did my residency at WashU.

Wash University St.

Louis is a very balanced program, but very strong on spine.

And that's where my interest in spine developed.

And in spine, typically, you can go one of two routes.

You can either go with deformity, where you do a lot of scoliosis work and a lot of realignment of the spine, or you do degenerative work where you're doing disc herniations, focusing on cervical lumbar spine pathology and getting patients moving that way.

So that's where my focus is more on the cervical lumbar spine.

I do decompressions.

I do dish replacements.

I do procedures to get patients back into their quality of life.

So I did my fellowship at Eurasia Pittsburgh, which is a great hands-on fellowship.

And I've been in practice since 2008.