Joshua Adjei, MD Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon in New York
About Dr. Joshua Adjei
New York orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Joshua Adjei is fellowship-trained in complex spine surgery and board-eligible with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, focused on complex and revision spine surgery, minimally invasive techniques, and second-opinion spine care.
Training. A Bronx native with Ghanaian roots, he earned his MD at Weill Cornell, trained in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and completed his complex spine fellowship at NYU Langone. He speaks English and Twi fluently, and is proficient in Yoruba and French.
Education-heavy care. He reviews the imaging with the patient, talks plainly about risks, alternatives and recovery, and aims for the right operation for the right patient, never surgery by default.
A first visit answers four questions. What the diagnosis is, whether it is dangerous, whether surgery is needed, and what the alternatives and recovery look like. Helping patients make sense of a problem that threatens mobility, work, sleep and identity is why he became a doctor.
At NeuroOrthoNYC in New York he works alongside neurosurgeons, so orthopedic and neurosurgical perspectives review your case together before any plan is settled.
See his training and credentials
Orthopedic spine surgeon, fellowship-trained at Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Adjei's training, board status, and academic record
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Specialty
Orthopaedic spine surgery. Sub-specialty focus on complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, cervical and lumbar degenerative disease, cervical myelopathy, spinal stenosis, disc herniation, revision surgery, spine trauma, tumour-related spinal cord compression and second-opinion spine care.
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Board status
Board-eligible, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
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Fellowship
Complex Spine Surgery Fellowship, NYU Langone Health, completed 2025.
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Residency
Orthopaedic surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completed 2024.
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Medical school
Weill Cornell Medical College, MD 2019, with Honors in Service.
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Research fellowship
Leon Root Research Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, during medical training.
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In practice
Practising medicine since 2019, with residency completed in 2024, fellowship in 2025, and independent attending practice from 2025.
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Memberships
North American Spine Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, National Medical Association, J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society, Nth Dimensions, American Medical Association.
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Journal reviewer
Invited reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Global Spine Journal.
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Research
Ten published peer-reviewed articles, a peer-reviewed book chapter and multiple podium and poster presentations, on spine care disparities, cervical and lumbar fusion outcomes, spine trauma and paediatric orthopaedics.
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Languages
English and Twi, fluent. Yoruba and French, proficient.
What makes Dr. Adjei's background distinctive
- First author of a 2024 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery paper on the impact of race and ethnicity on musculoskeletal spine care in the United States
- Douglas W. Brown Award for best review paper, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
- Ida Sophia Scudder “Pioneer of Diversity” Award for excellence in public service, Weill Cornell Medical College, 2019
- Invited journal reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Global Spine Journal
- Research funded by the Leon Root Pediatric Orthopedic Research Grant at the Hospital for Special Surgery and by Memorial Sloan Kettering research funding on stereotactic radiation in paraspinal tumours
What conditions does Dr. Adjei treat, and what procedures does he perform?
Conservative care first where that is appropriate, and a frank answer either way about whether an operation is really needed.
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