# 1 Ortho and Spine Hospital

Zachary J. Grabel, MDDual Fellowship Trained in Orthopaedic
and Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Dr. Zachary Grabel is a board-certified, fellowship-trained spine surgeon at HSS. He provides high quality, comprehensive spine care, including primary and revision surgery of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He treats conditions ranging from degenerative spine disorders to complex deformities and spine tumors using a variety of techniques, including minimally invasive spine surgery, artificial disc replacement, anterior, posterior and lateral approaches to the spine.

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Medical School
Internship / Residency
Combined Neurosurgical &
Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship
Attending Physician

Cutting Edge Surgical TreatmentsComprehensive Care for a Wide Range of
Spinal Disorders

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Advanced TechnologyComputer-Assisted
Spine Surgery

It integrates 3D real-time imaging and navigation, similar to a surgical GPS, to guide the surgeon’s instruments. By providing a live, detailed map of the patient’s spinal anatomy on screen, CAS dramatically increases screw placement accuracy, minimizes intraoperative risks, and helps avoid critical nerve or vessel damage during complex operations.

TestimonialsWhat Our Patients are Saying

I needed a spinal fusion and was determined to find the best surgeon. Having known HSS was rated #1 in the nation for orthopedic surgery, I traveled from Sarasota to W Palm. I wanted to consult with Dr Zachary Grabel, because his education and background was so impressive!!! I went into surgery with...

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I met with Dr Grabel as a '3rd opinion' for my back pain, suggestion from a former pro athlete & his incredible credentials. After meeting Dr Grabel, looking at the MRI's together, he explained his procedure plan. L4/L5 & L5/S1 ALIF procedure. I was impressed with the attention and compassion he ...

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I suffered through years of pain and numbness that made it almost impossible to walk or stand for more than a few minutes at a time. Being an athlete my whole life, it was depressing not having the quality of life that I always enjoyed. I stayed home all the time because I couldn’t go out with...

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Dr Grable is a superior healer. The combination of a superlative skill set, extensive educational accomplishments, his tendency to "treat the whole patient" and his obvious, profound compassion for his patients is rare and highly appreciated. This is a very special surgeon--HSS and Good Sam were bot...

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ALL I CAN SAY DR GRABEL IS AMAZING. I had SCDR C3-7 posterior instrumentation and infusion of my neck and I am 5 months post surgery and feeling great. He explained in detail how the surgery was going to go. I was hospitalized for 10 days during the surgery period as we had a set back but he wa...

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Frequently Asked Questions

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About Spine Care

When should I see a spine surgeon?

You should consider seeing a spine specialist if you have persistent neck or back pain, radiating arm or leg pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, walking difficulty, balance changes, or symptoms that have not improved with appropriate conservative care. Sudden weakness, bowel or bladder changes, or progressive neurologic symptoms should be evaluated urgently.

What conditions does Dr. Grabel treat?

Dr. Grabel treats degenerative neck and back disorders, disc herniation, myelopathy, radiculopathy, sciatica, scoliosis, spinal deformity, spinal fractures, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and spondylolysis.

What procedures does Dr. Grabel perform?

His listed procedures include ACDF, cervical disc replacement, cervical foraminotomy, cervical laminectomy and fusion, cervical laminoplasty, microdiscectomy, ALIF, LLIF, TLIF, laminectomy, minimally invasive and percutaneous procedures, navigated spine surgery, posterior spinal fusion, revision spine surgery, and spine deformity correction.

What is cervical disc replacement?

Cervical disc replacement is a motion-preserving surgery for selected patients with cervical disc disease and nerve compression. It involves removing the diseased disc and placing an artificial disc. Patient selection is important.

Where does Dr. Grabel see patients?

Dr. Grabel sees patients in West Palm Beach and Jupiter.

# 1 Ortho and Spine Hospital