Andrew Cappuccino

Dr. Cappuccino, who heads Buffalo Spine Surgery, was one of the first doctors in the country approved to perform artificial disc replacement. He received a dual BES degree from Johns Hopkins University in Material Science and Biomedical Engineering, where he also played lacrosse as a Johns Hopkins Blue Jay. He then went on to medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Monmouth Medical Center. He then returned to Johns Hopkins to complete specialty training in spine surgery with Dr. Paul McAfee.

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He is a Charter Diplomate of the American Board of Spine Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and continues to be an investigator in studies dedicated to improving spinal surgery outcomes and technologies. Dr. Cappuccino not only teaches specialized spine surgery techniques internationally, but has operated all over Europe, South America, Australia, and in Asia and Africa as a guest spine surgeon. He has authored numerous scientific and medical articles and textbooks about spine surgery and has served on the editorial board for the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting.

He has served on the medical staff of the Buffalo Bills for many years, and in this capacity was the treating surgeon for Kevin Everett, the Bills tight end who suffered a cervical fracture and dislocation (broken neck) in the 2007 home-opener against the Denver Broncos.

Dr. Cappuccino was honored by Business First and selected as Western New York's "Health Care Hero 2005" for his contributions as an innovator of medical technology.

He is a father of six and is married to Helen Cappuccino, MD, a breast surgeon at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. His civic and recreational activities include performing operations on needy children from abroad, and serving as a celebrity chef for fundraisers (Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Fund). He is a member of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.