Vinay Chopra, MD, CAQSM

Sports Medicine Specialist & Regenerative Medicine & Concussion Specialist

Vinay Chopra, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained sports medicine physician at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine located in Westfield, West Orange, Morristown, Ridgewood, and Middletown, New Jersey.

Dr. Chopra specializes in sports medicine, regenerative medicine, orthopedic injuries, and concussion. He is also a credentialed ImPACT consultant and listed as a preferred provider on the Concussion Legacy Foundation website. Dr. Chopra is recognized as a Top Doctor by NJ Monthly Magazine for 2024, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, a Top Doctor by NJ TopDocs for 2021, and also 2019 Physician of the Year by the State of NJ. He treats a range of conditions including sprains, strains, fractures, arthritis, joint disorders, rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, labral tears, meniscus tears, ligament injuries, tendon injuries, concussion, and other sports injuries.

Dr. Chopra has extensive experience in musculoskeletal ultrasound guided injections, and various minimally invasive treatments such as TenJet® percutaneous tenotomy, Intravu needle arthroscopy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), adipose injections such as Mini-TC and Lipogems, and BMAC (bone marrow aspirate) injections.

Dr. Chopra earned his bachelor’s degree trom Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He then earned his medical degree with honors from Ross University School of Medicine before completing his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

He then went on to complete fellowship training in Sports Medicine at Atlantic Health, Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey while serving as a team physician for the New York Jets NFL tootball team.

Dr. Chopra’s experience with athletes also includes serving as team physician for multiple high schools and colleges, previously holding a medical director position for a minor league system of the Philadelphia Phillies, and currently serving as ringside physician certified in combat medicine for numerous mixed martial arts events including UFC, Cage Fury Fighting Championships, and Ring of Combat, and various boxing events.

Matthew Griffin, MD

Sports Medicine, Concussion Specialist and Regenerative Medicine

Matthew Griffin, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician at Genesis Orthopedic and Spine in Westfield and West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Griffin sees patients for sports medicine, non-surgical orthopedic injuries, and regenerative treatments and injections, such as PRP (platelet-rich plasma), BMAC, fat aspirate (Lipogems®, Mini-TC).

Dr. Griffin treats a range of conditions, including sprains, fractures, arthritis, joint disorders, and sports injuries.

He also specializes in concussion management and protocols and has obtained his ImPACT® certification (neuropsychological testing for concussion management).

Dr. Griffin earned his bachelor’s degree from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, before completing his medical degree at St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop School of Medicine in Luton, England. He completed an internal medicine residency at Brown University program in Providence, Rhode Island.

When he’s not caring for patients at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine, Dr. Griffin enjoys an active lifestyle that includes participating in pickup games of basketball and softball and keyboard composition.

Prashant Patel, MD

Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Prashant Patel, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained anesthesiologist and pain management specialist at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine in Westfield and West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Patel specializes in pain management and minimally invasive spine care.

He treats a range of conditions, including neck pain, back pain, and many disorders of the spine, such as herniated discs and nerve pain.

Dr. Patel has extensive experience in minimally invasive spine procedures such as epidural injections, spine stimulators, and discectomy.

Dr. Patel earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from Columbia University in New York, New York. He then earned his medical degree from New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ in Newark, New Jersey, before completing his residency in anesthesiology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York. He then completed fellowship training in Pain Management at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York.

Dr. Patel also enjoys traveling with his wife and three beautiful children.

Dr. Patel welcomes new and existing patients to Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine.

John Griffin, MD

Internal Medicine & Sports Medicine

John Griffin, MD, is an ABIM board-certified Internal Medicine physician at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine in Westfield, New Jersey. Dr. Griffin sees patients for sports medicine, internal medicine, and optimal preventative health.

Dr. Griffin treats a broad range of conditions, including arthritis, injuries, sprains, joint disorders, coughs, infection, hypertension, and other chronic disease states. He also provides nutritional assistance and sports performance enhancement to his patients utilizing paleo or keto diets for patients in need of help with weight management, diabetes, blood pressure, and other chronic disease reduction or management.

Dr. Griffin earned his medical degree at St. Christopher Iba Mar Diop School of Medicine in Luton, England. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

When he’s not caring for patients at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine, Dr. Griffin is a life-long runner and has completed multiple marathon distance races, and enjoys an active lifestyle that otherwise includes yoga, travel, and hiking. His intellectual interests beyond medicine are broad, and he is curious by nature. He is always in the middle of learning something, such as mindfulness practice or Big History.

Dr. Griffin welcomes new and existing patients to Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine.

Nicholas Delaney, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist

Nicholas Delaney, MD, is a board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon fellowship-trained in Sports Medicine. He provides orthopedic care for patients in Westfield and West Orange, New Jersey, at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine.

Dr. Delaney earned his medical degree (MD) at SUNY Upstate Medical University, then finished his orthopedic surgery residency at Albany Medical Center. Following residency, he completed a sports medicine fellowship at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, where he spent time as a surgeon for the Baltimore Ravens NFL team, Washington Nationals MLB team, Washington Capitals NHL team, and Washington Wizards NBA team.

At Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine, Dr. Delaney treats various orthopedic conditions such as rotator cuff tears, labrum tears, meniscus tears, sprains, strains, fractures, arthritis, motor vehicle accidents, and workers compensation injuries.

Dr. Delaney welcomes new patients to the practice. If you would like to make an appointment with Dr. Delaney, please use the online booking tool or call 908-588-2311 and select option 1.

Jason Sedgwick, DPM

Foot and Ankle Specialist

Jason Sedgwick, DPM, is a board-eligible Foot and Ankle surgeon at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine. Dr. Sedgwick specializes in elective and traumatic forefront and rearfoot surgery, wound care, sports medicine, sports injuries of the foot and ankle, pediatric podiatry, diabetic limb salvage, and geriatric podiatry.

He treats a range of conditions including diabetic foot care, ingrown nails, bunions, hammer toes, calluses, neuromas, athlete’s foot, plantar fasciitis, and general foot pain as well as ligament injuries, tendon injuries, fractures of the foot and ankle and other sports injuries.

Dr. Sedgwick earned his bachelor’s degree from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. He then earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. He went on to complete a 4 year residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center focusing on wound care, diabetic limb salvage, pediatric podiatry, sports medicine and sports injuries to the foot and ankle, as well as elective reconstructive and traumatic foot and ankle surgery,

Dr. Sedgwick welcomes new and existing patients to Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine.

Peter Zahos, MD, FAANS, FACS

Neurological Surgery and Spine Surgery

Dr. Zahos is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Genesis Orthopaedic and Spine with a focus on the surgical treatment of spinal disease, neurotrauma, and deep brain stimulation (DBS), and was an early adopter of frameless stereotactic techniques for the placement of DBS electrodes for movement disorders.

He was formerly an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida. He completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University, his medical degree at George Washington University, and his neurosurgical training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has served on the medical school faculties at the University of Michigan, University of Miami and New York Medical College.

Dr. Zahos has authored multiple publications, developed patents, and has lectured in the field of neurosurgery. He also founded Discogen, a company creating an innovative, non-invasive method to repair spinal disc degeneration. A First-in-Human clinical trial for the treatment will begin this year. He is now accepting new and established patients