Dr. Charles A. Gatto, FAAOS, is a graduate of Albany Medical College of Union University, Albany, N.Y. He completed his orthopaedic residency training, as well as his fellowship in Spinal Disorders at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. During his residency and fellowship he had extensive training in minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery, scoliosis and spinal trauma. After fellowship he joined the faculty as Assistant Professor at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, where he served as chief of Spine Surgery for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since August of 1998. He has a particular interest in spinal deformity, orthopaedic trauma and the advancement of minimally invasive techniques.