Fellowship

Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery: The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Medical School

Doctor of Medicine: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

Residency

Residency in Orthopedic Surgery: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY

College

Bachelor of Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Memberships

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association

• Alexander Garcia, M.D. Outstanding Senior Resident Award for Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery, 2025
• AOFAS Resident Scholarship Award for 2023 AOFAS Annual Meeting, 2023
• Albert Scholar Award – Annual Meeting of AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve, 2023
• The Endowed Scholarship in Memory of A. Albert Carabelli, MD, 2019
• NJMS Scholarship in Memory of Eric Lazaro, MD, 2018
• Columbian Foundation Scholarship, 2017
• NJMS Gerard R. Calabrese Memorial Endowed Scholarship, 2016
• NJMS Class of 1979 Scholarship, 2015
• Columbia School of General Studies Service Award, 2014
• Columbia School of General Studies Postbac Premed Scholarship, 2013

Publications

• Burt KG, Kim MKM, Viola DC, Genualdi JR, Marciano GF, Chahine NO. HMGB1 Mediates Macrophage Recruitment and Regional Intervertebral Disc Properties Following Injury. FASEB J. 2025 Jun 30;39(12):e70711. doi: 10.1096/fj.202402658R. PMID: 40536102.
• Marciano GF, Desai SS, McWilliam JR, Chien BY. All-Inside Arthroscopic Brostrom Repair with Suture Tape Augmentation: A Technical Description. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2025 Jun 3;10(2):24730114251342576. doi: 10.1177/24730114251342576. PMID: 40469469; PMCID: PMC12134502.
• Minelli M, deMeireles AJ, Marciano GF, Chien BY, Malempati M, Vulcano E. Percutaneous hallux fusion with calcaneus bone autograft: a retrospective cohort study of clinical and radiographic outcomes. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2025 Jan 11;145(1):123. doi: 10.1007/s00402-024-05613-x. PMID: 39797994.
• Vulcano E, Marciano GF, Pozzessere E. Clinical Outcomes of a Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Brostrom Technique without Arthroscopic Assistance. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Oct 9;14(19):2252. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14192252. PMID: 39410656; PMCID: PMC11475592.
• Marciano G, Ashinsky B, Mysore N, Vulcano E. Fracturing the Lateral Hinge Improves Radiographic Alignment and Does Not Affect Clinical Outcomes of the Minimally Invasive Akin Osteotomy. Foot Ankle Int. 2024 Jan;45(1):52-59. doi: 10.1177/10711007231209765. Epub 2023 Dec 4. PMID: 38047491.
• Fields MW, Rymond CC, Malka MS, Givens RR, Simhon ME, Matsumoto H, Marciano GF, Boby AZ, Roye BD, Vitale MG. Improvement in axial rotation with bracing reduces the risk of curve progression in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2024 May 2. doi: 10.1007/s43390-024-00888-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38698106.
• Shen Y, Sardar ZM, Greisberg G, Katiyar P, Malka M, Hassan F, Reyes J, Zuckerman SL, Marciano G, Lombardi JM, Lehman RA, Lenke LG; Multi-Ethnic Normative Alignment Study (MEANS) Group. Practical Methods of Assessing Coronal Alignment and Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Comparative Analysis. Spine
  (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Dec 11. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004892. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38073177.
• Marciano GF, Simhon ME, Lehman RA, Lenke LG. Strategies to Avoid Distal Junctional Pathology. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2023 Oct;34(4):585-597. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2023.06.006. Epub 2023 Aug 1. PMID: 37718105.
• Lin JD, Schupper AJ, Matthew J, Lee N, Osorio JA, Marciano G, Lombardi JM, Sardar Z, Lehman RA, Lenke LG. A New Objective Radiographic Criteria for Diagnosis of Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis: Apical Pedicle Diameter Asymmetry. World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 10:S1878-8750(23)00940-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37437804.
• Marciano GF, Ferlauto HR, Confino J, Kelly M, Surace MF, Vulcano E. Clinical Outcomes Following Percutaneous Ankle Fusion With Bone Graft Substitute. Foot Ankle Orthop. 2023 Jun 11;8(2):24730114231178781. doi: 10.1177/24730114231178781. PMID: 37332629; PMCID: PMC10272655.
• Zuckerman SL, Sardar ZM, Marciano G, Cerpa M, Hassan FM, Kerolus MG, Kelly MP, Bourret S, Hasegawa K, Wong HK, Dennis Hey HW, Riahi H, Le Huec JC, Lenke LG. The Importance of Pelvic Obliquity in Assessing Spinal Coronal Alignment: Normative Values, Demographic, and Radiographic Correlations. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 Apr 1;37(3):E124-E130. doi: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000001555. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 38031283.
• Mathew J, Zuckerman SL, Lin H, Marciano G, Simhon M, Cerpa M, Lee NJ, Boddapati V, Lehman RA, Sardar ZM, Dyrszka MD, Lombardi JM, Lenke LG. Living with a C2-Sacrum Spinal Fusion: Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients Fused from C2 to the Sacrum. Global Spine J. 2023 Jan 5:21925682221149389. doi: 10.1177/21925682221149389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36604815.
• Mathew J, Zuckerman SL, Marciano G, Simhon M, Lin H, Cerpa M, Lee NJ, Boddapati V, Lehman RA, Sardar ZM, Dyrszka MD, Lombardi JM, Lenke LG. What Radiographic and Clinical Factors Ultimately Necessitate a C2-Sacrum Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion? Global Spine J. 2022 Nov 7:21925682221137031. doi:
  10.1177/21925682221137031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36345053.
• Lee NJ, Marciano G, Puvanesarajah V, Park PJ, Clifton WE, Kwan K, Morrissette CR, Williams JL, Fields M, Hassan FM, Angevine PD, Mandigo CE, Lombardi JM, Sardar ZM, Lehman RA, Lenke LG. Incidence, mechanism, and protective strategies for 2-year pelvic fixation failure after adult spinal deformity surgery with a
  minimum six-level fusion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 Oct 14;38(2):208-216. doi: 10.3171/2022.8.SPINE22755. PMID: 36242579.
• Puvanesarajah V, Marciano GF, Hassan FM, Lee NJ, Thuet ED, Lombardi JM, Sardar ZM, Lehman RA, Lenke LG. The deformity angular ratio: can three-dimensional computed tomography improve prediction of intraoperative neuromonitoring events? Spine Deform. 2022 Sep;10(5):1047-1053. doi: 10.1007/s43390-022-00518-4. Epub 2022 Jun 1. PMID: 35648363.
• Matsumoto H, Boby AZ, Sinha R, Campbell ML, Hung CW, Gbolo FC, Marciano GF, Levine S, Fano AN, Simhon ME, Quan T, Bainton NM, George A, Mizerik AS, Roye BD, Roye DP, Vitale MG. Development and Validation of a Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measure in Older Children and Adolescents with Early-Onset Scoliosis: Early-Onset Scoliosis Self-Report Questionnaire (EOSQ-SELF). J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Aug 3;104(15):1393-1405. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.21.01508. Epub 2022 Jun 20. PMID: 35726883.
• Coury JR, Skaggs KF, Marciano GF, Pinyavat T, Naseef M, Roye BD, Vitale MG. Intraoperative Anaphylaxis to the Bovine Flowable Gelatin Matrix: A Report of 2 Cases. JBJS Case Connect. 2022 Mar 3;12(1). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.21.00753. PMID: 35239550.
• Roye BD, Matsumoto H, Fano AN, Marciano GF, Iyer RR, Boby A, Bainton N, Lenke LG, Newton PO, Vitale MG. Distal adding-on in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis results in diminished health-related quality of life at 10
  years following posterior spinal fusion. Spine Deform. 2022 May;10(3):515-526. doi:
  10.1007/s43390-021-00432-1. Epub 2021 Nov 25. PMID: 34822135.
• Mathew J, Cerpa M, Lee NJ, Boddapati V, Marciano G, Sardar ZM, Lenke LG. Comparing hyperlordotic and standard lordotic cages for achieving segmental lumbar lordosis during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in adult spinal deformity surgery. J Spine Surg. 2021 Sep;7(3):318-325. doi: 10.21037/jss-21-15. PMID: 34734136; PMCID: PMC8511572.
• Lee NJ, Buchanan IA, Boddapati V, Mathew J, Marciano G, Park PJ, Leung E, Bucholz A, Khan A, Pollina J, Jazini E, Haines C, Schuler TC, Good CR, Lombardi J, Lehman R. “Do Robot-related Complications Influence 1 Year Reoperations and Other Clinical Outcomes After Robot-Assisted Lumbar Arthrodesis? A Multicenter Assessment of 320 Patients.” J Orthop Surg Res. 2021 May 12;16(1):308. doi: 10.1186/s13018-021-02452-z. PMID: 33980261; PMCID: PMC8114480.
• Lee NJ, Zuckerman SL, Buchanan IA, Boddapati V, Mathew J, Marciano G, Robertson D, Lakomkin N, Park PJ, Leung E, Lombardi JM, Lehman RA. Is There a Difference in Screw Accuracy, Robot Time Per Screw, Robot Abandonment, and Radiation Exposure Between the Mazor X and the Renaissance? A Propensity-Matched Analysis of 1179 Robot-Assisted Screws. Global Spine J. 2023 Jun;13(5):1286-1292. doi: 10.1177/21925682211029867. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34235996; PMCID: PMC10416583.
• Zuckerman S, Lai C, Marciano G, Kerolus M, Buchanan I, Ha A, Cerpa M, Lenke L, Sardar Z “The Odontoid-CSVL distance in a global population of asymptomatic volunteers: normative values and implications for spinal coronal alignment.” Eur Spine J. 2021 May 19. doi: 10.1007/s00586-021-06873-6. Epub ahead of print.
  PMID: 34009398.
• Bixby EC, Skaggs K, Marciano GF, Simhon ME, Menger RP, Anderson RCE, Vitale MG. Resection of congenital hemivertebra in pediatric scoliosis: the experience of a two-specialty surgical team. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Jul 2:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2020.12.PEDS20783. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34214975.
• Matsumoto H, Marciano G, Redding G, Ha J, Luhmann S, Garg S, Roye D, White K; Pediatric Spine Study Group. Association between health-related quality of life outcomes and pulmonary function testing. Spine Deform. 2021 Jan;9(1):99-104. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00190-6. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32851599.
• Menger R, Shaw T, Bunch J, Barry J, Marciano G, Menger A, Martino A, Lenke L, Vitale MG. Health Care Lobbying, Political Action Committees, and Spine Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Dec 15;45(24):1736-1742. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003693. PMID: 33230084.
• Hammoor B, Matsumoto H, Marciano G, Dziesinski L, Wang K, Roye BD, Roye DP, Vitale MG. Surgical site infections in pediatric spinal surgery after implementation of a quality assurance program. Spine Deform. 2021 Jan;9(1):125-133. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00192-4. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 32875547.
• Menger R, Park P, Marciano G, Bixby E, Cerpa M, Roye D, Roye B, Vitale M, Lenke L. Ambulatory capacity following fusion to the sacrum with pelvic fixations pediatric spinal deformity patients. Spine Deform. 2021 Mar;9(2):491-499. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00238-7. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33140288.
• Roye BD, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Fields MW, Campbell M, White KK, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann S, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale MG; Growing Spine Study Group; Children’s Spine Study Group. Is rod diameter associated with the rate of rod fracture in patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods? Spine Deform. 2020 Dec;8(6):1375-1384. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00161-x. Epub 2020 Jun 19. PMID: 32562099.
• Lee N, Boddapati V, Mathew J, Marciano G, Field M, Buchanan I, Zuckerman S, Park P, Leung E, Lombardi J, Lehman R. “Does robot-assisted spine surgery for multi-level lumbar fusion achieve better patient-reported outcomes than free-hand techniques?” Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 25 (2021): 101214. PMID: Pending
• Menger R, Park PJ, Bixby EC, Marciano G, Cerpa M, Roye D, Roye BD, Vitale M, Lenke L. Complications in ambulatory pediatric patients with nonidiopathic spinal deformity undergoing fusion to the pelvis using the sacral-alar-iliac technique within 2 years of surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Apr 30:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2020.11.PEDS19641. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33930868.
• Marciano G, Ball J, Matsumoto H, Roye B, Lenke L, Newton P, Vitale M; Harms Study Group. Including the stable sagittal vertebra in the fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis reduces the risk of distal junctional kyphosis in Lenke 1-3 B and C curves. Spine Deform. 2021 May;9(3):733-741. doi: 10.1007/s43390-020-00259-2.
  Epub 2021 Jan 5. PMID: 33400234.
• Ippolito JA, Marciano GF, Sabharwal S. “Treatment of Pediatric Closed Femoral Shaft Fractures: A Decline in Use of External Fixators Over the Last Decade.” Journal of Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction (2017). 3(2): 107-114

Poster Presentations

• Marciano GF, Ashinsky B, Mysore N, Vulcano E. Violating the Lateral Hinge during Percutaneous Akin Osteotomy Improves Radiographic Alignment without Affecting Patient Satisfaction. AAOS 2024 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA. Feb 12-16, 2024. E-poster
• Marciano GF, Ferlauto H, Confino J, Kelly M, Surace M, Vulcano E. Clinical Outcomes following Percutaneous Ankle Fusion. AAOS 2024 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA. Feb 12-16, 2024. E-poster
• Marciano GF, Ashinsky B, Mysore N, Vulcano E. Violating the Lateral Hinge during Percutaneous Akin Osteotomy Improves Radiographic Alignment without Affecting Patient Satisfaction. AAOS 2024 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA. Feb 12-16, 2024. E-poster
• Coury JR, Marciano GF, Malka M, Katiyar P, Schaum E, Lenke LG, Lehman RA, Lombardi JM, Sardar ZM, Weidenbaum M. Interdisciplinary Preoperative Optimization Conference Mitigates the Risk of Post-Operative Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. 31st International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques. San Diego, CA, USA. April 10-13, 2024. E-poster
• Forrester LA, Tedesco LJ, Marciano GF, Hong DY, Hill D, Ahmad CS, Popkin CA. “Outcomes Following Primary Operative Intervention for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Elbow.” Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) Annual Research Day, 2024, San Francisco, CA. E-Poster
• Mathew J, Marciano G, Simhon M, Zuckerman S, Cerpa M, Lee N, Boddapati V, Lehman R, Sardar Z, Dyrszka M, Lombardi J, Lenke L. How is Life with a C2-Sacrum Instrumented Fusion? Evaluation by Patient Reported Outcomes. ISASS. June 2022. Nassau, Bahamas.
• Mathew J, Zuckerman S, Marciano G, et al. How is Life With a C2-Sacrum Instrumentation and Fusion? Evaluation by Health Related Quality of Life Metrics. AAOS Annual Meeting. March 2022. Chicago, IL.
• Mathew J, Marciano G, Simhon M, Zuckerman S, Cerpa M, Lee N, Boddapati V, Lehman R, Sardar Z, Dyrszka M, Lombardi J, Lenke L. C2-Sacrum Instrumented Fusion Has Been Performed—What’s Next? E-poster. International Spinal Deformity Symposium. December 2021. New York, NY.
• Mathew J, Zuckerman S, Simhon M, Marciano G, Lee N, Boddapati V, Cerpa M, Lehman R, Sardar Z, Dyrszka M, Lombardi J, Lenke L. What Radiographic and Clinical Factors Ultimately Lead to a C2-Sacrum Instrumented Spinal Fusion? E poster. International Spinal Deformity Symposium. December 2021. New York, NY.
• Lee N, Zuckerman S, Buchanan I, Boddapati V, Mathew J, Marciano G, Robertson D, Lakomkin N, Park P, Leung E, Lombardi J, Lehman R. Is There a Difference in Screw Accuracy, Robot Reliability, and Radiation Exposure Between the Mazor X and the Renaissance? A Propensity-Matched Analysis of 1,179 Robot-Assisted Screws. E-poster. Global Spine Congress. November 2021. Paris, France.
• Lee NJ, Buchanan I, Boddapati V, Marciano G, Lakomkin N, Zuckerman S, Park P, Leung E, Lombardi J, Lehman R. “Is There a Difference in Screw Accuracy, Robot Time Per Screw, Robot Abandonment, and Radiation Exposure Between the Mazor X and the Renaissance? A Propensity-Matched Analysis of 1,179 Robot-Assisted Screws.” Accepted for poster presentation at 36th Annual NASS 2021. Boston, MA.
• Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Kim H, Hyman J, Roye D. “Depression in Pediatric Patients with Cerebral Palsy: Evaluating the Validity of a PROMIS Depressive Symptoms Domain and At-Risk Patient Identification.” Accepted for poster presentation at AAP Annual Meeting, 2019.
• Roye B, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Campbell M, White K, Sawyer J, Smith JT, Luhmann H, Sturm P, Sponseller P, Vitale M, PSSG. “Rod Diameter Does Not Influence Rod Fracture Rate After Surgical Treatment using Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods.” Accepted for poster presentation at AAOS Annual Meeting, 2020.

Poster Presentations

• Coury J, Marciano G, Malka M, Katiyar P, Schaum E, Lenke L, Lehman R, Sardar Z, Weidenbaum M. 182. Interdisciplinary preoperative optimization conference mitigates the risk of postoperative complications in adult spinal deformity surgery. (2023). The Spine Journal. 23(9), S93, 2023, ISSN 1529-9430, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2023.06.204
• Ha A, Mathew J, Marciano G, Zuckerman S, Buchanan I, Kerolus M, Cerpa M, Lombardi J, Dyrszka M, Sardar Z, Lehman R, Lenke L. (2021). 140. C2 pelvic angle (C2PA) is a useful intraoperative radiographic parameter that correlates with the risk of developing proximal junctional kyphosis postoperatively. The Spine Journal, 21(9), S70. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SPINEE.2021.05.168
• Lee N, Buchanan I, Boddapati V, Mathew J, Marciano G, Lakomkin N, Zuckerman S, Park P, Leung E, Lombardi J, Lehman R. (2021). P16. Is there a difference in screw accuracy, robot time per screw, robot abandonment, and radiation exposure between the Mazor X and the renaissance? A propensity-matched analysis of 1,179 robot-assisted screws. The Spine Journal, 21(9), S147–S148. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SPINEE.2021.05.224
• Hammoor B., Matsumoto H., Marciano G., Wang K, Roye B, Roye D, Vitale M. The Effectiveness of Quality Programs for Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Spinal Surgery: A 12 Year Look Back. Spine Deform 7, 1034–1035 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2019.09.005
• Menger R, Park P, Konigsberg M, Marciano G, Lenke L, Vitale M. Choice of Lowest Instrumented Vertebra (LIV) in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS); Discordance in Stable Sagittal Vertebra and Coronal Last Touched Vertebra. Neurosurgery 87(Supplement_1):, December 2020. | DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa447_784
• Hyman J, Roye D, Marciano G, Matsumoto H, Kim H. Depression in Pediatric Patients with Cerebral Palsy: Evaluating the Validity of a PROMIS Depressive Symptoms Domain and At-Risk Patient Identification. Pediatrics July 2020; 146 (1_MeetingAbstract): 403–404. 10.1542/peds.146.1MA5.403b
• Shen Y, Sardar Z, Katiyar P, Malka M, Greisberg G, Marciano G, Hassan F, Zuckerman S, Lombardi J, Lehman R, Lenke L. (2023). 17. Use of the orbital-L5 pedicle plumb line as a simple method of assessing coronal alignment and outcomes. The Spine Journal, 23(9), S9, 2023, ISSN 1529-9430, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2023.06.070.

Book Chapters and Contributions

• Marciano GM, Simhon ME, Lee NJ, Lehman RA. (2024). “Chapter 12: Robotic Navigation: Summary of Clinical Results.” Navigation, Robotics and 3D Printing in Spine Surgery. Editors: Garg S, Kleck CJ. Published by Springer
• Simhon ME, Marciano GM, Lee NJ, Fields MW, Lehman RA. (2024). “Chapter 11: Robotic Navigation: Applications beyond Instrumentation.” Navigation, Robotics and 3D Printing in Spine Surgery. Editors: Garg S, Kleck CJ. Published by Springer
• Marciano G, Vulcano E. 2023 “Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Ankle Arthrodesis.” Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Percutaneous Approach. Edited by Vulcano E, Johnson H, Schipper O. Published by Wolters Kluwer.
• Marciano, G. Peter Piper Protects My Parents. In Ward Wisdom: Psychiatry Questions for Medical Students, Written by Medical Students. Edited by Khairalla H, Naqvi M, Radhakrishnan V, Sathe C, Wurtz H, Zerbo E, Levounis P. 2nd Ed. Newark, NJ: CreateSpace; 2018: 227-228.