Joseph S Lombardi, MD

Joseph Lombardi, M.D., is a surgeon at Edison Spine Center with over 35 years of experience. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery since 1987 and has since been recertified three times. He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in New Jersey and his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He did his internship at St. Vincent's Medical Center in New York, followed by an orthopaedic residency at UMDNJ. He further trained in his subspecialty with a fellowship in lumbar spinal surgery at Long Beach Memorial Hospital in California.

Performing laser spine surgery procedures since 1991, Dr. Lombardi is one of the first surgeons in New Jersey to do so. He performs lower back surgery using both minimally invasive and open procedures; both techniques are used for micro disc incisions and lumbar fusion surgery. His philosophy is to treat a patient's back as if it were his own, or his father's, his son's, or anyone in his family. His goal is to alleviate pain and other symptoms with the minimal amount of surgical procedures necessary. While there are extensive surgical techniques, Dr. Lombardi strives to make the least number of alternations to the normal anatomy.

Dr. Lombardi is an attending surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at JFK Medical Center where he previously served as Department Chief. He has done research and authored articles in his specialty and he currently teaches orthopaedic care to family practice residents at JFK Medical Center.