Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C.

Someone wakes up with a radiating pain down one leg that no amount of stretching touches, or a neck that has been stiff and electric for months, and the search begins for a practice that does spine and only spine. That narrow focus is exactly what Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. is built around. The site does not try to be a general orthopedic shop that also dabbles in backs. It treats the spine as the whole job, from the sciatica that sends people limping into a first appointment to scoliosis, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, disc herniation, and the aftermath of spinal trauma.

Pain management alternatives to surgery

What comes through reading the Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. site is how clearly the practice separates the two roads a patient might travel. There is the surgical track and there is the pain management track, and they are presented as genuine alternatives instead of a funnel toward the operating room. A person with persistent back pain can read about epidural steroid injections, both interlaminar and transforaminal, before anyone mentions a scalpel. Facet joint injections, sacroiliac joint injections, and radiofrequency neurotomy are all laid out, along with platelet-rich plasma therapy for those leaning toward something regenerative. The information is specific enough that a patient could walk into a consultation already knowing the vocabulary, which puts it ahead of the average medical practice site.

Surgical procedures and minimally invasive options

On the surgical side, the range is wide and described in plain terms. Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. covers minimally invasive and laser spine surgery, endoscopic procedures, decompressive surgery, and spinal fusion, plus the named operations patients tend to research by acronym: anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, the ACDF that comes up constantly in neck-pain forums, and total disc replacement for people who want to keep motion in the segment. Listing these by name matters because it lets someone cross-check what a surgeon elsewhere has already recommended.

Eight physicians across surgery and interventional care

The roster carries real depth. The surgical team is built around Dowling, Dowling III, Mermelstein, Basra, and Frendo, while the interventional pain management side is handled by Abbasi, Sanelli, and Frauwirth. That split between surgeons and pain specialists is not cosmetic; it means the injection and ablation work is done by people who do it all day, not by a surgeon squeezing it in. Two of the surgeons were named to a 2024 list of America's Top 150 Spine Surgeons, a credential Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. mentions without leaning on it too hard. For a field where patients are understandably nervous, having that depth on the page does some of the reassuring work.

Patient resources and contact information

Beyond the procedures, the site rounds itself out with patient resources, a blog, and a careers section. The blog and resource pages suggest a practice thinking about the full arc of a patient's experience, well beyond the appointment itself. There are online consultation request forms too, so a prospective patient can start the conversation without picking up the phone, which suits anyone who would rather describe their symptoms in writing first.

Four offices serving Long Island locations

Coverage across Long Island is one of the practical strengths here. Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. runs four offices, in Commack, Bay Shore, West Hempstead, and Riverhead, which spreads the geography enough that most patients on the island are not facing a punishing drive while already in pain. The Riverhead office recently moved into a Catholic Health facility, a detail worth noting for anyone who had the old address saved. Four locations under one practice also means a patient can often stay within the same group if a referral sends them toward a colleague with a different specialty.

Getting in touch is straightforward. A phone number, a general email, and all four office addresses sit where a visitor can find them without hunting, alongside a consultation request form. For a medical practice, that openness counts. People comparing spine groups often give up on the ones that bury their phone number three clicks deep, and Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. does not make that mistake.

From Yelp to Healthgrades, feedback across platforms

On outside opinion, the picture is decent but uneven. The Commack location carries 55 reviews on Yelp, and the practice appears on Healthgrades with ratings attached, though the exact numbers were not pulled from the snippets available. CustomerLobby hosts positive patient testimonials, Indeed shows employee reviews from the staff side, and an aggregator noted high service-quality scores. A prospective patient would do well to read the Yelp and Healthgrades entries directly. The testimonials skew favorable, and the presence of feedback across several platforms points to Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. having operated long enough to leave a real trail.

What comes through across the whole listing is consistency of focus. Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. is a spine-only practice with eight named physicians, a clean split between surgery and interventional pain care, four offices, and a stack of clearly explained procedures is a stronger proposition than a generalist clinic that lists spine somewhere in a long menu. The pain management options give patients a way to try conservative treatment before surgery, and the surgical catalog goes deep enough that someone who does need an operation is unlikely to be sent elsewhere for a routine spine procedure. Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. presents itself as the place you stay rather than the first stop on a referral chain.

Review counts remain modest for a multi-office group

There are honest limits worth keeping in view. The review counts are modest for a multi-office group, and no firm star rating surfaced, so a patient cannot lean on the numbers the way they might with a heavily reviewed practice. The 2024 surgeon recognition applies to two of the eight physicians, not the whole team, which is fair to remember when picking a provider within the group. Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. gives a reader enough to act on, but reading individual physician profiles and a handful of patient reviews before booking is the smarter move.

Weighed together, Long Island Spine Specialists, P.C. comes across as a serious, spine-focused option for someone on Long Island who has run out of patience with their back or neck and wants specialists who do this and little else. The breadth of treatment, the physician credentials, the four-location reach, and the clear contact options all point in the same direction. The pain management track in particular makes it a reasonable first option for people who are not ready to discuss surgery, and the published evidence gives enough to form a view without waiting for a consultation to do the work.