Experienced Orthopedic Experts.

Steven Pietrofesa received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wagner College and the Staten Island University Hospital Physician Assistant Program. Prior to his employment at the Orthopaedic Spine Institute, he gained experience in the field working at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. Steven is licensed as a Physician Assistant. This Brooklyn native was raised in Staten Island but is now proud to call New Jersey home.

Nicole received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology at Rutgers University in 2008. She then went on to receive her Master of Science degree and became a certified Physician Assistant after graduating from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2011. Nicole started her Physician Assistant career at Princeton Orthopedic Associates and worked with the chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Princeton Medical Center, specializing in hip and knee replacements as well as complicated revision surgeries. She was privileged to be a founding member of the Board that developed the Center of Excellence for Joint Replacement Surgery at Princeton Medical Center. After moving to the Jersey Shore, Nicole joined Orthopedic Institute of Central Jersey in 2017, and currently works in sports medicine, as well as in hip, knee and shoulder replacement surgery.

Kayce Lustrino started with the Orthopaedic Institute of Central Jersey in September of 2017. Kayce primarily works in Sports Medicine. Her interest in orthopedics and sports medicine began at Manasquan High School in the student athletic training program and continued at Hofstra University where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training. She completed her education graduating from the Physician Assistant Program at Monmouth University.

Amy graduated from the University of Delaware where she received a Bachelor of Science with a concentration in sports science and exercise physiology. She then went on to the Physician Assistant program at Touro College in Manhattan where she was the president of her class and graduated in 2003.

Amy started her career working in Manhattan alongside an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in upper extremity conditions and sports trauma. In 2004, Amy joined Orthopaedic Institute. She has worked with our spine surgeons, sports surgeons, pain management physician and currently works in joint replacement with Dr. Tozzi. She has also spent several years working in our after-hours OUCH clinic.

Amy grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but currently resides in Oceanport with her three young sons. She enjoys watching her sons play sports and treating their injuries, traveling, working out and spending time at the beach.