
Overview
Dr. James K. Liu is the Director of Skull Base Institute of New Jersey, with the Neurosurgeons of New Jersey, and the Department of Neurosurgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, RWJ Barnabas Health. Dr. Liu is an international leader in skull base surgery, advancing treatments for complex tumors in the brain, skull base, and spinal cord, including pituitary tumors, acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, chordomas, and paragangliomas. His expertise extends to cerebrovascular microsurgery, addressing conditions like brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, moyamoya, and neurovascular compression syndromes (trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm).
Dr. Liu utilizes advanced technology and innovative cutting-edge techniques, including minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal surgery (“EEA”), keyhole microneurosurgery, and awake craniotomy with brain mapping, to treat complex tumors and neurovascular diseases. Dr. Liu is an international expert and highly sought-after Visiting Professor, with over 500 invited lectures worldwide. As the creator of the “The Art of Brain Surgery: Masterclass” Youtube series and a prolific author of over 300 published journal articles and 30 textbook chapters, Dr. Liu is dedicated to advancing the field of neurosurgery through education and research. Dr. Liu is actively involved in teaching hands-on cadaver dissection courses in skull base surgery and has delivered lectures worldwide.
He is a member of the World Academy of Neurological Surgery, Society of University Neurosurgeons, and founding member of the Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Academy and currently holds the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the International Meningioma Society and is on the Medical Advisory Board for the Acoustic Neuroma Association of New Jersey.
Dr. Liu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Stem Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Glomus Tympanum Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Glomus Jugulare Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
200 S Orange Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
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Clinical Research
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1 Clinical Trials
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurosurgery & Spine At Lenox Hill
John Boockvar, MD, is the vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of the department's Brain Tumor Center, the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center, and the New York Head and Neck Institute at Lenox Hill and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat hospitals. Dr. Boockvar is a professor of neurological surgery and otolaryngology/head and neck surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also an investigator at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, where he directs the Laboratory for Brain Tumor Biology and Therapy. Dr. Boockvar was appointed as an adjunct professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory thanks to his great advancements in understanding and treating brain cancer. He is also head of experimental therapeutics for Northwell Health, where he helps oversee the oncological research goals for Northwell as a whole. Dr. Boockvar's compassionate cancer care was recently highlighted in the critically acclaimed Netflix docuseries Lenox Hill and Emergency NYC.Dr. Boockvar is internationally known for his surgical expertise and for providing patients with safe, effective and minimally invasive treatment for brain tumors, skull base disorders and disorders of the spine. His surgical expertise is in benign and malignant brain tumors, skull base and endoscopic pituitary surgery, spinal and peripheral nerve tumors, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and complex spinal disorders.Dr. Boockvar has been recognized for his novel research in brain tumors and stem cell biology, and has been named to lists including New York Magazine's Top Docs, Best Doctors in New York-Castle Connolly, New York Super Doctors, America's Top Surgeons, America's Best Doctors, and America's Best Doctors for Cancer. His research has been widely published and he has received numerous national awards, including the Eric Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award from Voices Against Brain Cancer for his compassionate work in treating patients with brain cancer. Dr. Boockvar was elected to the prestigious Academy of Neurological Surgeons and was elected to the Senior Society of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Boockvar is also an honorary surgeon of the NYPD and the New York State Troopers.Dr. Boockvar received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before him, Dr. Boockvar received an MD from SUNY Brooklyn-Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Boockvar graduated summa cum laude with Distinction in Research and was medical school class valedictorian. Dr. Boockvar did his surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Boockvar did his NIH-supported post-doctoral research training in Neuro-oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. Dr. Boockvar is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Stem Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
Weill Cornell Medicine Brain & Spine Center
Theodore Schwartz is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Schwartz is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Stem Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Craniopharyngioma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Turbinectomy.
Northwell Health Ambulatory Surgery At The Center For Advanced Medicine
"Michael Schulder, MD, is the vice chair of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is also the director of the Brain Tumor Center at the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery-which treats more than 600 patients annually-and co-director of the Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery, where his team offers the latest treatment technologies. His research focuses on improving methods of image guidance for brain tumor surgery, and on new techniques for radiosurgery.""I've always been fascinated by the workings of the brain and how it gives rise to our thoughts. Dr. Schulder is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Brain Stem Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Brain Tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Glomus Jugulare TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Glomus Jugulare Tumor.
- Glomus Tympanum TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Glomus Tympanum Tumor.
- MeningiomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Meningioma.
- Olfactory NeuroblastomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Olfactory Neuroblastoma.
- Pituitary TumorDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Pituitary Tumor.
- ProlactinomaDr. Liu isDistinguished. Learn about Prolactinoma.
- Advanced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- AstrocytomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Brain TumorDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- EpendymomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Ependymoma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Liu isAdvanced. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- Experienced
- AcromegalyDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Acromegaly.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Brain AneurysmDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Brain Aneurysm.
- Brain HerniationDr. Liu isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.


