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Alexander L. Neuwirth, MD

Hip & Knee Reconstruction
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Specialties
Orthopedic Surgery, Hip & Knee Reconstruction, morespecialties

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590 5th Avenue, 5th Floor
Floor 5th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Alexander L. Neuwirth, MD


Dr. Alexander Neuwirth is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in advanced hip and knee reconstruction, with a focus on non-operative and surgical treatment of early, middle, and late-stage arthritic conditions of the hip and knee. For patients requiring surgical intervention, Dr. Neuwirth specializes in anterior approach hip replacement, knee replacements, as well as complex revision surgeries to treat failed hip and knee replacements.

Dr. Neuwirth received his medical degree from Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he also completed his undergraduate degree. Following medical school, Dr. Neuwirth trained as a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also spent a year as a postdoctoral research fellowship in the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory. Dr. Neuwirth completed a fellowship in adult hip and knee reconstruction at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Attending Physician for the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, within the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Neuwirth is actively engaged in ongoing clinical outcomes research in the field of joint replacement and reconstruction. His primary research efforts are focused on the eradication of infection following hip and knee replacements.

Specialties & Expertise

  • Adult Hip Arthritis
  • Anterior Approach Hip Replacement
  • Hip Disorders
  • Hip Fracture
  • Hip Pain
  • Hip Reconstruction
  • Hip Replacement
  • Joint Disorders
  • Joint Pain
  • Joint Reconstruction Surgery
  • Joint Replacement
  • Knee Arthritis
  • Knee Arthroplasty
  • Knee Disorders
  • Knee Pain
  • Knee Reconstruction
  • Knee Replacement
  • Knee Replacement For Women
  • Partial Knee Replacement Surgery
  • Revision of Joint Replacement
  • Total Hip Revision
  • Total Joint Reconstruction
  • Total Joint Replacement

EDUCATION

  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at CUMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

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