Michael A. Mooney
Experienced in Arachnoid Cysts

Dr. Michael A. Mooney

Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
Boston, MA 
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Experienced in Arachnoid Cysts
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Dr. Mooney is an Attending Neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mooney completed his undergraduate training at the University of Michigan where he studied Neuroscience. He subsequently completed a research fellowship in neurogenetics at the National Institutes of Health prior to attending medical school at Cornell. He completed his residency training at the Barrow Neurological Institute with a focus on complex cranial and spine surgery, and he completed a clinical fellowship in skull base surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Mooney’s clinical practice covers both brain and spine surgery, including brain and spine tumors, degenerative spine disease/spinal stenosis, and minimally-invasive spine techniques. He is dedicated to thoughtful patient selection and preoperative evaluation in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients, and he is committed to improving healthcare delivery for patients through his work as the Director of Clinical Care Redesign within Mass General Brigham.

Dr. Mooney is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arachnoid Cysts. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Brain Tumor, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 2 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Weill Medical College Of Cornell University, 2009 - 2013
Residency
Barrow Neurological Institute, 2013 - 2020
Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in MA
Board Certifications
Neurological Surgery
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2018 - 2019
Hospital Affiliations
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
North Shore Medical Center -
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Tufts
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UnitedHealthcare
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Wellcare
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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-525-6759

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Mooney has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Meningioma
Brain Tumor
Spinal Fusion

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


284 Total Publications

Sibling Control Analysis of Perinatal Health and Family Environment Factors Related to Childhood ADHD Symptoms.
Sibling Control Analysis of Perinatal Health and Family Environment Factors Related to Childhood ADHD Symptoms.
Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
Published: June 30, 2025
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