About Robert F. Heary, MD
Dr. Robert Heary is a Professor of Neurosurgery and the Program Director of the Neurosurgical Residency Training Program. He is the Director of the Spine Center of New Jersey at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. He is an attending Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital in Newark, NJ, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ, and Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. Dr. Heary serves as a Consulting Medical Staff physician at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, NJ.
Dr. Heary is one of the few spine surgeons in the United States to have completed formal training in spine surgery in both neurological surgery and orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Heary has been honored by his peers with selection as one of the Best Doctors in America for the past 11 years.
Dr. Heary earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed a residency in neurological surgery at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ. Following residency, Dr. Heary completed a spine fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.
A prolific author, Dr. Heary has authored 39 peer-reviewed journal articles, 75 abstracts, and 25 book chapters. He has been on the faculty of over 160 instructional courses at national neurosurgery meetings. His major areas of research interest are minimally invasive spinal surgery, spine and spinal cord injury, spine and spinal cord tumor, and spinal deformity.
Dr. Heary is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. He is an active member of many societies including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves, Cervical Spine Research Society, North American Spine Society, Scoliosis Research Society, Neurosurgical Society of America, and the Society of Neurological Surgeons. He has been involved in many committees of these organizations including serving as the Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee and the Education Committee for the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves and he is currently the Chairman of the Section. In addition, he has served as the Vice-Chairman of the AANS Public Relations Committee and the Scientific Program Committee Chairman of the Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Heary is on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery and the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques.
