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Allen Carl, MD
Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon,
Fellowship-Trained in Spine

Dr. Carl is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. A native New Yorker, Dr. Carl grew up in East Meadow on Long Island. Medicine became his career choice as an outgrowth of his interest in the sciences. He came to Albany after undergraduate medical training at SUNY Buffalo, put graduate experience in Orthopaedics at NYU - Bellevue Hospital in NYC and spine training at the University of Toronto. He has been on the staff at Albany Medical Center for 23 years and is a professor of orthopaedic surgery and pediatrics.

Spine disease and disorders became his primary area of interest as he perceived it was one of the lost frontiers to accomplish innovative development. His interest to contribute to the knowledge base in the field of spine prompted his association with an academic medical center. Locally he has collaborated with RPI, GE and SUNY Albany. From this association surgical navigation, new metal implants for scoliosis correction and spinal fusion have been developed.

Under the direction of Dr. Carl, spinal cord injury biomechanics as a model for neurologic repair has been ongoing in the research lab for the past 5 years through generous donations from the Jeffrey Schneider Spinal Cord Research program.

In the clinical research arena, Diacrin and Albany Medical College had teamed up to inject transfected porcine stem cells into human spinal cord injury patients in hopes of improving neurological function.

State, national and international recognition has brought notoriety. Dr. Carl is a member of the New York State Spinal Cord Research Board. He has been elected to the prestigious American Orthopaedic Association. He has been selected as a proctor for national board certification examination for Orthopaedics. Dr. Carl was selected as an international traveling fellow to the Far East to share his interest and research in spine with colleagues on the other side of the world.

From this experience he had embarked on a research project in Mainland China with the University of Hong Kong. The group focused on researching a metabolic cause for scoliosis. The work was funded by the Hong Kong government.

His clinical and patient care interests are complex spine disorders including: spine trauma, spinal cord injury, scoliosis, spine deformity, disc herniation, and degenerative and arthritic diseases of the spine. He has been the physician caring for several high profile local spine injured patients.

Dr. Carl has also been involved in innovative developments. He has contributed to 5 patents, some undergoing commercial development. He is also working on projects involving disc repair, disc replacement and scoliosis treatment. A local philanthropic organization, The Caddy Shack Group contributes to his spine research efforts.

He has presented in over 100 national and international conferences and has published 75 articles in peer reviewed journals. He is an Associate Editor for "The Spine Journal" and the recently published book, "Spine Deformities, The Core Curriculum". He has been cited every year since 1996 in Best Doctors in America.

He lives in Guilderland with his wife and 4 children, ages 20, 19, 19 and 17. His private time revolves around his family and their activities.

Dr. Carl's professional happiness lies with seeing his patients have a successful outcome after efforts to educate them to their disease process. His dedication is also seen by his efforts in clinical and basic science research that he hopes will be far researching to help many patients experiencing spinal problems.

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