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Dr. Salvatore M. Zavarella is a board-certified neurosurgeon and the co-founder and Director of Spine Surgery at SpineCare Long Island. His clinical expertise and practice focus is the treatment of complex spine tumors, adult degenerative deformity and scoliosis, herniated discs, spinal fractures, spinal stenosis, disc arthroplasty, and minimally invasive spine surgeries. Most recently, Dr. Zavarella was appointed to Chief of Spine Surgery and Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at Good Samaritan University Hospital, West Islip, New York.
Dr. Zavarella’s focus as a neurosurgeon and a spine doctor is on treating neurosurgical disorders with a non-operative, conservative, or minimally invasive spine surgery approach, when possible. In the event that surgery is indicated, he is able to offer a wide range of open and minimally invasive spine surgery options and treatment plans, tailored to each patient.
Treating patients with compassion and respect and delivering the highest level of spine care is and has been Dr. Zavarella’s mission. If you or a loved one are considering spine surgery, Dr. Salvatore Zavarella should be your go-to source for comprehensive spine care combined with outstanding patient experience.
With locations across Long Island, NY, patients have access to Dr. Zavarella’s care in both Nassau and Suffolk County.
In addition to his work for SpineCare Long Island, it is very important for Dr. Zavarella to give back to the community and to those less fortunate. Working with The Butterfly Foundation, he has taken multiple trips to the Dominican Republic where he is educating and working with local spine specialists and performing life-changing spinal deformity surgeries in underserved areas of the country.
Our practice makes every effort to contract with most insurance companies to help keep out-of-pocket expenses to a minimum for our patients.
We work with most major insurance plans, such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as No Fault and Workers’ Comp, and our team will assist you in navigating any billing and insurance questions you might have including those regarding out-of-network benefits.
