Dennis Oh is a Neurosurgery provider in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Oh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Stroke, Herniated Disc Surgery, and Cervical Disc Surgery. Dr. Oh is currently accepting new patients.

Simon Chao is an Orthopedics provider in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Dr. Chao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft. Dr. Chao is currently accepting new patients.

Steven Leckie is an Orthopedics provider in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Leckie is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Sciatica, Scoliosis, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery.

Dr. Lu is a spine surgeon and an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Additionally, Dr. Lu serves as the Director of Neurosurgical Trauma at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Lu completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He went on to complete his training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and he completed his Spine Fellowship at the University of Miami Department of Neurosurgery.Dr Lu’s clinical practice is focused on minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal deformity and scoliosis correction, spinal tumor (primary and metastasis, and spinal trauma. His research involves spinal cord injury, namely the axon regeneration and locomotion recovery after spinal cord injury. Dr. Lu is committed to putting his patients first and treating his patients as if they were his own family. Dr. Lu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Epidural Abscess, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Andrew White is an Orthopedics provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. White is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.

Jay Zampini is an Orthopedics provider in South Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. Zampini is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Scoliosis, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Stephen Johnson is a Neurosurgery provider in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Johnson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Michael Gieger is a Neurosurgery provider in Norwood, Massachusetts. Dr. Gieger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Cervical Spondylosis, Cervical Myelopathy, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Gieger is currently accepting new patients.

Leslie Lyness is a Neurosurgery provider in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Lyness is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Stroke, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy. Dr. Lyness is currently accepting new patients.

Ganesh Shankar is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Shankar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Apoplexy, Bone Tumor, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Efstathios Papavassiliou is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Papavassiliou is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Parkinson's Disease, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Jason Rahal is a Neurosurgery provider in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Rahal has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Subdural Hematoma, Spondylolisthesis, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.

Dr. Zaidi is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and director of spine research at the Computational Neurosurgical Outcomes Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Given the complex nature of spine diseases, Dr. Zaidi believes in tailoring surgical techniques and individualizing care to treat each patient’s unique set of circumstances. He strongly adheres to the philosophy of caring for his patients as if they were his own family members. Dr. Zaidi believes that developing a surgical plan depends on a thoughtful conversation with his patients and their families and tailoring surgery to meet the patient’s goals and specific needs.Fascinated by the complexity of spinal disorders and the ability of spine surgery to restore function and improve the quality of a patient’s life, he pursued a specialized fellowship in complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity surgery, as well as endoscopic surgery. He integrates novel, minimally invasive techniques and modern technological innovations to treat a variety of spinal pathologies.Dr. Zaidi’s clinical practice is focused on the treatment of global spinal imbalance among patients with degenerative spine disease, tumors and scoliosis; by restoring the natural curvature of the spine, surgery can reduce pain and improve function. His research focuses on developing novel surgical tools to improve the safety and efficacy of surgery, as well as analyzing surgical outcomes in order to improve surgical outcomes. Dr. Zaidi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Hypothalamic Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Dr. Timothy Smith is a neurosurgeon-scientist who seeks to understand, predict, and improve clinical outcomes for neurosurgical patients by combining the use of epidemiological data, advanced statistical analysis, machine learning, and emerging biological/information system technologies. Trained as an epidemiologist and statistician in addition to his neurosurgical residency, he focuses primarily on the utilization of data science to optimize neurosurgical patient care.Dr. Smith’s clinical interests focus on tumors of the brain and spine that arise innately from the central nervous system and the meningeal covering of the brain, or metastasize from other primary cancer sites. Dr. Smith is the Director of the Computational Neuroscience Outcomes Center (CNOC) in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This center strives to collect and maintain prospective data on all neurosurgical patients cared for by the department, synthesize high volume data streams, as well as implement process and outcome improvement through comparison with national data.Dr. Smith is committed to the education of future neurosurgeons and plays an active role in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s neurosurgical residency program. He is a committee vice-chair for Medical-Legal Issues with the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) as well as the President of the Boston Society for Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the oldest academic neuroscience society in the United States. He serves on numerous committees both in the US and worldwide which focus on the ethics of neurosurgery, oncology, skull base surgery, and neurologic outcomes assessment. He is an active member of committees at Brigham and Women’s Hospital addressing information technology, physician wellness, and process improvement.Dr. Smith maintains active membership in both national and international neurosurgical societies, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Skull Base Society, the Society for Neuro-Oncology, and the Pituitary Society. He presents his research regularly at national and international meetings. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters. Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.

"Trained in both Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical aspects of Spine Surgery, Dr. Melvin C. Makhni is the Director of Complex Spine Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.  Dr. Makhni uses the most up-to-date techniques in minimally invasive, microscopic, motion-sparing, ultrasonic, and computer navigation surgery to optimize treatment success.  Dr. Makhni treats the entire spectrum of spine conditions.  He has published techniques of fusion-less cervical spine surgery such as artificial disc replacements.  His interest in the Athlete Spine led to his collaboration with Major League Baseball, from which he has presented his work to international audiences.  He integrates minimally invasive and open techniques in scoliosis and spinal reconstructive surgery, and has published and presented innovative techniques to help patients suffering with spinal disorders such as the ""Kickstand Rod"" technique for coronal imbalance.  Dr. Makhni is a fellowship-trained Spine Surgeon on faculty at Harvard Medical School and on staff at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, and completed his Orthopaedic then his combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Spine training in New York City at Columbia University.  Dr. Makhni serves on advisory panels at the North American Spine Society and has internationally published two textbooks, and has published / presented over fifty scientific articles and abstracts to national and international audiences.". Dr. Makhni is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Spondylolisthesis, Laminectomy, and Osteotomy.

Martina Stippler is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Stippler is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. Her top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Pituitary Tumor, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Laminectomy.

Khaled Qasem is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Qasem is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Sepsis, Atypical Pneumonia, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. James Stephen is an neurosurgeon with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Neurosurgery. His clinical practice location is at South Shore Hospital.  Dr. Stephen completed Neurosurgical Residency at the University of Pennsylvania and an enfolded Pediatric Spinal Deformity Fellowship at the Philadelphia Shriner’s Hospital for Children.  Prior to medical school, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan.  Throughout his education and training, he has participated in translational research in biofluid mechanics, stem cells, and quality of life outcomes in pediatric deformity surgery.  Dr. Stephen’s clinical practice specializes in treating a broad variety of spinal disorders.  His training and experience in engineering influences his approach to solving the complexities of spinal pathology.  He has expertise in the field of spinal navigation and image-guidance, spinal robotics, motion-preserving techniques such as cervical disc replacement, treatment of complex spinal fractures, and minimally invasive techniques to the spine.  Dr. Stephen has unique expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with Chiari I malformation.  He was previously the Primary Surgeon and Medical Director of the Colorado Chiari Institute in Denver, Colorado where he specialized in treating patients from across the country with Chiari I malformation.  He looks forward to continuing to provide expert care to Chiari patients in his new role.  Dr. Stephen treats every patient as if they were a family member or an old friend.  He patiently listens to their goals and concerns, explains treatment options, and guides patients through the decision-making and treatment process.  He believes that combining the latest surgical techniques with a personal approach to each unique patient leads to the best possible outcome. Dr. Stephen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Tarlov Cysts, Spinal Stenosis, Subdural Hematoma, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Dr. Saris is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery and the Director in our Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center at Foxborough. He is also a Lecturer in Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Saris has been a neurosurgeon since the late 1970s and has endeavored to become the best neurosurgeon he can be in that time. He is motivated by the necessity to keep pace with the lightening fast changes in the neurosurgery field. He notes that the change in the practice neurosurgery from the time he practices after leaving Duke University in 1985 is nearly unrecognizable to his practice approaches today. This growth with the field of neurosurgery has allowed him to take the best care of patients possible.Dr. Saris followed a long physician line in his family by entering the realm of medicine. In addition to joking that it is in his blood, he yearns to help those in need. He chose the field of neurosurgery after completing a bout of rotating internships and was moved by the pulsation of the brain, the high-tech imaging and the almost immediate correction of a problem after microsurgery that neurosurgery encompassed.Dr. Saris’s clinical practice is focused on degenerative spinal problems people experience as they get older such as herniated disks and stenosis. He has niche interests in trigeminal neuralgia and stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Saris’s research involves experimental treatments for facial pain. He is a member of a collaborative group investigating the use of stereotactic radiosurgery for this purpose. Dr. Saris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Trigeminal Neuralgia, Neuralgia, Pallister-Hall Syndrome, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery.

Stewart Lecker is an Internal Medicine provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lecker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cervical Disc Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Renovascular Hypertension, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.