Dr. Ari R Berg, MD

Ari Berg, M.D., is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Hackensack University Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. He specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of degenerative conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, as well as treatment of complex spine conditions such as spinal tumors, scoliosis and revision surgery. He is among the few spine surgeons in the U.S. trained in both endoscopic techniques and complex spine deformity surgery.

Dr. Berg earned his MD, MBA and bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where he served as Chief Resident and received awards for excellence in clinical care, research, and leadership. He then pursued advanced fellowship training in spine surgery at Stanford University. 

He has published extensively in …peer-reviewed journals and presented at national conferences on the development of novel surgical technologies, as well as the cost-effectiveness and outcomes of spine surgery.

Dr. Berg takes a conservative, patient-centered approach, emphasizing non-operative treatment whenever appropriate. When surgery is indicated, he utilizes minimally invasive, motion-preserving techniques to restore patients’ function and quality of life.

Specialties include the following:

• Anterior cervical disc replacement


• Anterior cervical decompression and fusion


• Posterior cervical decompression and fusion


• Posterior cervical laminoplasty


• Posterior cervical foraminotomy


• Thoracic decompression and fusion


• Minimally invasive lumbar decompression


• Minimally invasive lumbar microdiscectomy


• Minimally invasive lumbar transforaminal interbody fusion


• Lateral lumbar interbody fusion


• Lumbar disc replacement


• Anterior lumbar interbody fusion


• Posterior lumbar fusion