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Ian T. McNeill, MD, MSAssistant Professor of NeurosurgeryCo-Director of Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Surgery Comprehensive Spine Center
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- Overview
- Education & Training
- Clinical Interests
- Committees & Organizations
- Publications
- Presentations
Dr. Ian McNeill is a neurosurgeon fellowship-trained in both neurosurgery and orthopedic spine surgery, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, and co-director of scoliosis and spinal deformity surgery at the Comprehensive Spine Center at UConn Health. He was raised in Connecticut, graduated from Avon High School, and earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, where he also played football.
After graduating from college, he worked as a mental health counselor at the Yale Child Study Center, providing in-home treatment and case management to families of children with psychiatric conditions who were at risk of out-of-home placement. He continued his academic journey by earning a master's degree in Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University. Following this, he worked as a consultant at The Advisory Board Company on multi-million-dollar projects focused on hospital revenue enhancement and cost containment.
Motivated by a desire to positively impact individual patients' lives, he matriculated at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree. While at UVA, he was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and served as the UVA SNMA Community Service Chair, the UVA AMA Student Chapter President, and a Director on the Medical Society of Virginia Board of Directors.
He completed a neurosurgery residency and a fellowship in complex spine surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. During residency, he was elected to the Mount Sinai faculty and to the resident AOA chapter. After residency, Dr. McNeill pursued advanced training in adult and pediatric spine surgery as an orthopedic spine fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. McNeill specializes in treating the full spectrum of spinal disorders. He has a particular interest in complex spine surgery and in reconstructing adult spinal deformity. He lives with his wife and three children in Avon, CT.
| Degree | Institution | Major |
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| AB | Harvard University | Afro-American Studies |
| MS | Georgetown University | Physiology & Biophysics |
| MD | University of Virginia School of Medicine | Medicine |
Post-Graduate Training
| Training | Institution | Specialty |
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| Fellowship | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Complex Spine Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery |
| Residency | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Neurosurgery |
| Fellowship | University of California at San Francisco | Complex Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery |
Awards
| Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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| The Masters in Spine Surgery Seminars: Advanced Spinal Deformity Young Surgeon Grant | Broadwater, LLC |
| International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery 2022 Young Surgeon Grant | International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) |
| Sinai Team-based Traslational Education Program: the URM Propeller (STTEP-UP) Initiative in Science and Medicine: NIH/NCATS Funded Training Program | |
| Honoree at 48th Annual African-American Day Parade for Community Service | Mount Sinai and New York City |
| UVA Student National Medical Association Community Service Award | University of Virginia |
| UVA School of Medicine Class of 1954 Community Service Award | University of Virginia |
| Gold Humanism Honor Society | |
| Integra Foundation Neurosurgery Summer Research Scholarship | |
| City Year Idealism in Action Award for Volunteerism in Washington, D.C. |
- Complex Reconstruction of Congenital and Degenerative Spinal Conditions
- Spinal Deformity Including Scoliosis, Kyphosis, Chin-on-Chest Deformity, and Ear-on-Shoulder Deformity
- Revision Spine Surgery
- Spinal Trauma
- Spinal Tumors
- Degenerative Spine Disease Including Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Herniated Discs
- Motion-Preservation Surgery Including Disc Replacement
- Advanced Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
| Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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| North American Spine Society | Member | National | 2020 | |||
| American Association of Neurological Surgeons | Member | National | 2013 | |||
| Congress of Neurological Surgeons | Member | National | 2013 |
Journal Articles
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Language Anxiety in Neurosurgical Care: Exploring Foreign Language Anxiety in Hispanic Patients.
World neurosurgery 2025 Oct;204124564
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An Institutional Experience of Genomic Analysis and Methylation Profiling of Thoracic Spinal Meningiomas.
World neurosurgery 2025 Mar;197123919
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Predictive validity of the All Patients Refined Diagnosis Related Group modifiers for costs and outcomes from intracranial hemorrhage.
Journal of neurosurgery 2023 Oct;139(4):1061-1069
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Preoperative medical assessment for adult spinal deformity surgery: a state-of-the-art review.
Spine deformity 2023 Jul;11(4):773-785
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Comparative Analysis of Early Outcomes and Complications of PSO Among Neurosurgeons and Orthopedic Surgeons.
Clinical spine surgery 2023 Jun;
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DNA methylation provides diagnostic value for meningioma recurrence in clinical practice.
Acta neurochirurgica 2023 Mar;
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Breaking boundaries through Doctors Reaching Minority Men Exploring Neuroscience: a mentorship model to foster a pipeline for underrepresented minorities.
Journal of neurosurgery 2023 Feb;1-7
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Racial and Ethnical Diversity Within the Neurosurgery Resident and Faculty Workforce in the United States.
Neurosurgery 2022 Jul;91(1):72-79
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Augmented reality-assisted microsurgical resection of brain arteriovenous malformations: illustrative case.
Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons 2022 Jun;3(25):CASE21135
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The Impact of ASA Status on Cost of Care and Length of Stay Following Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion.
World neurosurgery 2021 Nov;
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The Impact of Non-Elective Admission on Cost of Care and Length of Stay in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
Spine 2021 Nov;46(22):1535-1541
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Comparison of Anterior and Posterior Surgical Approaches for Treatment of Thoracic Myelopathy.
World neurosurgery 2021 Oct;154e343-e348
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Comparison of Cost and Perioperative Outcome Profiles for Primary and Revision Posterior Cervical Fusion Procedures.
Spine 2021 Oct;46(19):1295-1301
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A Comparison of Outcomes for Spinal Trauma Patients at Level I and Level II Centers.
Clinical spine surgery 2021 May;34(4):153-157
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Surgery for spinal deformity: non-elective admission status is associated with higher cost of care and longer length of stay.
Spine deformity 2021 Mar;9(2):373-379
| Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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| Systematic Review of disparities in treatment, surgical management, outcomes by race and insurance status disparities in spine oncology (podium presentation) | Poster | 2023 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting | 2023 | Washington, DC |
| Resident’s Perspective Regarding Disparities to Access to Spine Care: A National Survey | Poster | 2023 AANS/CNS Spine Section Spine Summit | 2023 | Miami, FL |
| Evaluation of Access to Adult Spine Surgery Care for Patients with Medicaid at United States Academic Neurosurgery Departments | Poster | 2023 AANS/CNS Spine Section Spine Summit | 2023 | Miami, FL |
| Factors impacting length of stay within adult hydrocephalus patients following VP shunt placement | Poster | 2023 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting | 2023 | Washington, DC |
| 12th Annual UCSF Complex Spine Course: Augmented Reality in Complex and Revision Spine Surgery | Lecture | 12th Annual UCSF Complex Spine Course | 2023 | Las Vegas, NV |
| CT Science Center Coffee Talk Series: Augmented Reality and Enabling Technology in Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery | Lecture | CT Science Center Coffee Talk Series | 2023 | Hartford, CT |