Mission Statement
Surgical Monitoring Associates strives to improve the safety of surgery by providing advanced intraoperative neuromonitoring care, promoting the highest standards of clinical professionalism, engaging in cutting-edge research, and developing innovative neuromonitoring methodology.

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Surgeons
Patients

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) is an allied medical clinical specialty that helps identify developing injury to the brain, spinal cord or other neural structures during surgery, so that immediate corrective action can be initiated. Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc. (SMA) is a proven national leader in the practice of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring with a long history of excellence in clinical service.

SMA's Chairman of the Board, Dr. Daniel M. Schwartz, D.ABNM, F.A.S.N.M.,a pioneer in the field of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, continues to be one of its most respected innovators. A founding member of the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM), Dr. Schwartz is among the most widely published surgical neurophysiologists in the world, with articles and book-chapters appearing in leading contemporary surgical journals and text-books. He also is Editor of the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing subsection on Intraoperative Surgical Neuromonitoring.

Tom Maffettone joined SMA in 2009 as Chief Executive Officer after a successful 25 years in various senior operational roles. Tom started his career in the financial services industry taking on new responsibilities that ultimately led to his role supporting 85 banking locations. Following his early success in the banking industry, Tom joined a large print media company where he held various senior management positions for the organizations on-line ventures for that organization. Spirited by his early leadership success among several Fortune 500 companies, Tom turned to early growth companies. In his first role, as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member for a start-up venture, Tom developed a strategic operating model and acquisition strategy which led to a national presence, and a staff of 185 employees. Later, he co-founded and developed his own company, which realized immediate financial success. Tom was responsible for all aspects of the organization to include financial, technical, marketing and business development. Tom's keen business insight and financial management experience made him an ideal candidate to lead SMA and bring it to new levels of business innovation and performance. Tom graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo with degrees in both Communications and Economics.

Dr. Anthony K. Sestokas, D.ABNM, F.A.S.N.M, SMA's Chief Clinical Officer, is also a highly respected and well published surgical neurophysiologist. Having served for many years on the Board of the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring, Dr. Sestokas continues to be an active member and examiner of the American Board of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ABNM). With over 18 years of IONM experience, Dr. Sestokas has also achieved international acclaim.

SMA's surgical neurophysiologists are recognized as among the most highly-educated and skilled neuromonitoring professionals in the United States, all having completed an extensive specialty fellowship program in addition to holding academic degrees in the health and biological sciences. It is no wonder, therefore, that SMA employs more board-certified professional surgical neurophysiologists (Diplomates of the American Board of Neurophysiological Monitoring, D.ABNM) than any group of its kind in the United States. That is why surgeons recognize SMA's neurophysiologists as integral members of their team, and rely on their critical neuromonitoring input to promote a positive surgical outcome.

Over the years, SMA clinician-researchers have been responsible for developing several innovative neuromonitoring techniques that have reduced the incidence of intraoperative neurologic complication. These novel contributions have been recognized with awards of excellence from leading orthopedic and neurosurgical societies such as the Scoliosis Research Society, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.