Dr. Michael Faloon received his doctorate in medicine and residency from Rutgers University-New Jersey Medical School and Seton Hall University. He completed his fellowship in spine surgery from New York Hospital for Special Surgery. His bachelor’s degree was completed at the University of Notre Dame.
As a board certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon, Dr. Faloon provides state-of-the-art, minimally invasive treatments and surgical correction of spinal pathologies. He has been in private and academic practice for over 15 years, serving patients in the New York City Metropolitan area and in New Jersey.
Growing up in New Jersey in a family employed in the New York electrical unions, as well as a mother working two jobs, including the communications union, Dr. Faloon spent many summers working for Local 3 IBEW while pursuing his medical education.
Dr. Faloon also serves on the clinical faculty for NYU and Seton Hall University and is an attending spine surgeon at NYU Langone, Lenox Hill, Valley Hospital, Morristown Medical Center, Holy Name Hospital and Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
He has lectured both nationally and internationally on complex spine disorders with a focus on minimally invasive surgical techniques and scoliosis surgery. He is well published in the highest accredited academic journals on Pubmed. He also volunteers his expertise in underserved nations for children with complex scoliosis deformities.
Dr. Faloon has been honored multiple times by New Jersey Family Magazine’s Favored Kids’ Docs and was featured on CBS 2 New York Health Watch with Max Gomez for being the first surgeon in New Jersey to perform scoliosis corrective surgeries using magnetic rods, limiting the stress and trauma children undergo with multiple procedures.
He currently resides in Hoboken, NJ.