PRINCETON SPINE AND JOINT CENTER - Key Persons
Ana Bracilovic, MD, is a board certified physician specializing in the non-operative care of spine, joint, muscle, and nerve pain. Dr. Bracilovic is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Princeton Spine and Joint Center and the Director of Princeton Dance Medicine. She completed a dual degree program with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in biomedical engineering and neural systems. After medical school at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson, she completed her specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell. Dr. Bracilovic has published multiple peer reviewed papers and received numerous awards for her research in musculoskeletal medicine, including the prestigious Else Adler Award at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Bracilovic serves as a reviewer for journals and is the author of the seminal medical text Essential Dance Medicine.
Ana Bracilovic, MD, is a board certified physician who specializes in the non-operative care of spine, joint, and muscle pain, with a special emphasis on biomechanics, and performing arts medicine.
Arth Patel, MD, is a board certified, fellowship trained sports medicine physician specializing in the care of sports injuries, musculoskeletal and nerve pain. Dr. Patel is the Assistant Director of Sports Medicine at Princeton Spine and Joint Center. Before joining Princeton Spine and Joint Center, Dr. Patel served as an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell School of Medicine and clinical professor in primary care sports medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY. Dr. Patel received his bachelor of Biomedical Education at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education and his medical degree at New York Medical College. He did his residency training at University of Connecticut and completed his fellowship in sports medicine at the renowned Lehigh Valley Health Network where he treated athletes of all ages and skill levels from weekend warriors to professionals, high school and collegiate athletes to Olympians in a wide range of sports.
Dr. Patel has lectured widely and taught classes and workshops in ultrasound guidance and injection techniques for a variety of musculoskeletal pathologies. "There is nothing more gratifying than seeing a patient in pain and diagnosing and treating them so that they feel better fast, understand what brought the pain on, and have a plan to keep the pain from ever returning. Ultimately, I love helping patients live their best, most pain-free and active lives that they want."
I am 48 years old and have had lots of sports injuries throughout my life. I can safely say that Dr Bracilovic is easily the kindest, most thoughtful, competent, and intelligent doctor I have ever been to. She took care of my neck pain and got it better very quickly where others had failed. I was so impressed that I brought in my parents and my daughter on separate occasions and each time Dr. Bracilovic took her time with us, explained the problem, ordered the appropriate tests, arrived at an accurate diagnosis and solved the problem! I cannot recommend Dr. Bracilovic and her friendly staff strongly enough.
Job Titles:
- Director at Princeton Spine
- Director of Sports Medicine
Scott Curtis, DO, is a board certified, fellowship trained physician who specializes in the care of sports related injuries and general musculoskeletal care. Dr. Curtis is the Director of Sports Medicine at Princeton Spine and Joint Center. After attending Penn State University, Dr. Curtis received his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and then completed his residency at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ where he was honored to serve as Chief Resident.
Dr. Curtis completed the renowned Sports Medicine Fellowship at Atlantic Sports Health where he worked with the New York Jets, Seton Hall University Athletics, College of St. Elizabeth Athletics and various high school teams. From weekend warriors to professional athletes, high school athletes to 90+ year old tennis players, Dr. Curtis has a singular focus to treat each patient as an individual, identify their concerns as well as their specific goals and help them reach their aspirations using the most effective non-surgical care options.
Dr. Curtis has always had a passion to help people maintain an active, pain-free life and is excited to pursue that passion with the rest of the team at Princeton Spine and Joint Center.
In episode 10 of the Princeton Spine & Joint Center podcast, Dr. Scott Curtis, Director of Sports Medicine here at the practice, had a great conversation with Nicole Groszew Mattonelli from Professional Physical Therapy here in Princeton about Sport Specific Physical Therapy. Nicole is an Read More
Grant Cooper, MD, is a board certified, fellowship trained physician specializing in the non-operative care of spine, joint, muscle and nerve pain. Dr. Cooper is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Princeton Spine and Joint Center and the Co-Director of the Interventional Spine Program. After graduating with highest honors from Princeton University, Dr. Cooper received his medical degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson and his specialty training from New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, followed by fellowship training in interventional spine and joint medicine at the prestigious Beth Israel Spine Institute in Manhattan. Dr. Cooper has authored and edited fifteen medical texts and has received national and international recognition for his peer-reviewed research. His expert opinion has been sought from a wide range of media including ABC's Good Morning America Health Show, ESPN, NPR, Vogue Magazine, Sirius XM Doctor Radio, the Ladies Home Journal, and the Wall Street Journal.
Patients from around the country and world come to Dr. Cooper as much for his academic authority as for the time, attention and empathy he devotes to each and every patient. His blog for www.healthcentral.com can be found at here.
Grant Cooper, MD, is a board certified, fellowship-trained physician who specializes in the non-operative treatment of spine, joint and muscle pain.
Marco Funiciello, DO, is a board certified physician specializing in the non-operative care of spine, joint, muscle and nerve pain. Dr. Funiciello is the Co-Director of the Interventional Spine Program at Princeton Spine and Joint Center. After graduating from the University of Scranton, Dr. Funiciello received his medical degree from UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Funiciello then received his specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from Saint Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan where he was honored to serve as Chief Resident. Dr. Funiciello has extensive additional training in Osteopathic Manual Medicine and often utilizes this skill set to complement his conservative and holistic approach to his patients. Dr. Funiciello has authored numerous chapters and papers and lectures widely. He is consistently rated as one of the best doctors in the country by his peers and by his patients.
Dr. Funiciello's holistic approach has often found cures where many others have failed, reflecting his ability to consistently provide optimal treatment for each and every one of his patients
Peter Murphy, DO is a board certified, fellowship trained sports medicine physician specializing in the care of orthopedic and sports injuries as well as musculoskeletal and nerve pain. Dr. Murphy is the Assistant Director of Sports Medicine at Princeton Spine and Joint Center. After receiving a bachelor of science degree at Boston College, Dr. Murphy received his medical degree at Rowan University and completed both his residency training and sports medicine fellowship at St. Luke's University Health Network.
Dr. Murphy found his passion in medicine while treating patients with injuries and pain and helping them return to their active, pain-free lives. He has treated athletes at many levels in sports as varied as football, basketball, gymnastics, running, tennis, wrestling, and baseball. He also enjoys treating weekend warriors like himself as well as gardeners, carpenters and everyone in between.
Zinovy Meyler, DO, is a board certified, fellowship trained physician specializing in the non-operative care of spine, joint, muscle and nerve pain. Dr. Meyler is the Co-Director of the Interventional Spine Program at Princeton Spine and Joint Center. After graduating from New York University and receiving his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Meyler performed his specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, where he was honored to serve as Chief Resident. Following residency, Dr. Meyler received additional training in ultrasound guidance at the Mayo Clinic and completed his fellowship training in interventional spine and joint medicine at the prestigious Beth Israel Spine Institute in Manhattan. Dr. Meyler is the author of multiple medical chapters and peer-reviewed papers. He serves as a reviewer for medical journals and lectures widely. Dr. Meyler's expert medical opinion has been sought in newspapers and on radio shows.
Dr. Meyler's patients know that he devotes himself to providing them an accurate diagnosis, thorough explanation of their condition and mutual development of a clear and effective treatment plan.
Zinovy Meyler, DO, is a board certified, fellowship-trained physician who specializes in the non-operative treatment of spine, joint and muscle pain with particular emphasis on image-guided interventional spine and joint procedures.