Dr. Ronit Gilad
Overview
"Ronit Gilad, MD, serves as chair of neurosurgery at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), assistant professor of neurosurgery at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, member of the Katz Institute of Women's Health, and member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Gilad has a surgical focus in treating patients with brain and skull base tumors, including meningioma and pituitary masses. She also has special interests in spine surgery and motion preservation in people with degenerative disc conditions and spinal stenosis.
She specializes in minimally invasive procedures, including tubular retractation system surgery for deep brain tumors, which involves making a single a small incision in the skull and inserting a narrow tube-like surgical tool through delicate healthy brain tissue to remove the tumor. Tubular retraction can also be used to remove spinal tumors. To improve the accuracy of surgery, Dr. Gilad routinely uses state-of-the-art equipment such as the exoscope, which projects high-definition, three-dimensional images onto a large screen in the operating room.
While she has extensive training and experience as a surgeon and loves the hands-on approach to care that surgery provides, she also helps patients explore non-surgical treatment options, including medication and radiation therapy. ""There is no one formula. I take patient preferences into consideration and think outside the box to make sure people's needs are met."".
Dr. Gilad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Porencephaly. Her top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Cervical Spondylosis, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
501 Seaview Avenue, Suite 201, Staten Island, NY 10305
200 West 13th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Additional Areas of Focus
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Clinical Research
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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 Familial Porencephaly. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Saadi Ghatan is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Pediatrics provider in New York, New York. Dr. Ghatan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Porencephaly. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Hydrocephalus, Awake Craniotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Gilad isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Bone GraftDr. Gilad isAdvanced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly
- Cervical MyelopathyDr. Gilad isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Myelopathy.
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Gilad isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Gilad isAdvanced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Experienced
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Gilad isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- AstrocytomaDr. Gilad isExperienced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Gilad isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Brain AbscessDr. Gilad isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain HerniationDr. Gilad isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.