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Bill Northhacker

Bill Northhacker

In 1971, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Northhacker of Fleischmanns, NY, injured his hand and neck during an army parachute jump. As a result, he struggled with pain for most of his life. He tried various medications and several rounds of physical therapy over more...
Skip Funt

Skip Funt

Skip Funt had certain members of the medical community scratching their heads. He wasn’t your typical case. Over a period of ten years, a number of doctors had treated the energetic, now-72-year-old from Midtown Manhattan for chronic pain in his right hip. The...
Madeline

Madeline

I will be eternally grateful to Dr. Charla Fischer and the New York Presbyterian staff. For many years, I suffered from sporadic back pain which had been misdiagnosed as a pulled muscle. At the end of February 2013, the pain returned but this time it lasted for 6 long...

About Dr. Charla R. Fischer, MD

Charla R. Fischer, MD, specializes in the operative treatment of spinal disorders in adolescents and adults, with a particular focus on the cervical spine. Dr. Fischer uses advanced clinical expertise in state-of-the-art, minimally invasive surgical techniques for the...
Danielle Pizarro

Danielle Pizarro

You’ve changed my life for the better. Thank you so much for your professionalism, compassion and bedside manner. But most of all, thank you for performing a successful surgery. My quality of life has improved 10 fold and it’s only been 2 months. I’m more confident...