The 20 Best Meningocele Doctors Near Me in Massachusetts, US

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The 20 Best Meningocele Doctors in Massachusetts, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 34 doctor with experience in Meningocele near Massachusetts, US. Of these, 29 are Experienced, 4 are Advanced and 1 are Distinguished.

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34 providers found
    Distinguished in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery
    Distinguished in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Rd Fl 1, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    John Chi is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Chi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery.

    James G. Naples
    Experienced in Meningocele
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Meningocele
    General Surgery

    Otolaryngology, Head And Neck Surgery

    330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro Ground Entrance 98 Binney Street, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    James Naples is a General Surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Naples is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Vertigo, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Acoustic Neuroma, and Schwannoma.

    Nara Michaelson
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Nara Michaelson is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Michaelson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Meningocele, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

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    Timothy R. Smith
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    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 the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.

    Joshua P. Aronson
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurosurgery

    110 Francis Street, Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Joshua Aronson is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Aronson has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Seizures, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy.

    Jong W. Lee
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurology
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurology

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jong Woo Lee, MD, PhD, directs the Brigham Critical Care Monitoring Program and is the Clinical Director of the Epilepsy Division. He graduated from Harvard College and obtained his medical and doctorate degrees at McGill University and the Montreal Neurological Institute before completing the Partners Neurology Residency and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at BWH. Dr. Lee’s areas of clinical expertise and research interests include critical care EEG, status epilepticus, cardiac arrest prognostication, brain tumor associated seizures, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and the medical management of epilepsy. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Gastrostomy, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

    Yi Lu
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Epidural Abscess, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

    Efstathios Papavassiliou
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Neurosurgery

    110 Francis Street, Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, French, Greek, Spanish

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

    Nirav J. Patel
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery | Radiology
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery | Radiology

    Brigham And Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center

    60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Nirav Patel is a Radiologist and a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Brain Aneurysm, Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization.

    Jennifer L. Dearborn
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, 
    Boston, MA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jennifer Dearborn is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Dearborn has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement.

    Pushpa Narayanaswami
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    BIDMC Department Of Neurology

    330 Brookline Avenue, East/Shapiro 8, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Tamil

    Pushpa Narayanaswami is a Neurologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Narayanaswami is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Myasthenia Gravis, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Polymyositis, Vein of Galen Aneurysm, and Thymectomy.

    Martina Stippler
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Experienced in Meningocele

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    110 Francis Street, Lowry Suite 3B, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, German
    Offers Telehealth

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

    Stephen M. Gutting
    Advanced in Meningocele
    Advanced in Meningocele

    UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus

    55 Lake Avenue North, 
    Worcester, MA 
    Experience:
    33+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Stephen Gutting is a Neurosurgery provider in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Gutting has been practicing medicine for over 33 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neuroradiology
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neuroradiology

    Brigham And Women's Hospital

    75 Francis St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Liangge Hsu is a Neuroradiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Hsu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG).

    Advanced in Meningocele
    Advanced in Meningocele

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    55 Fruit St, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kristopher Kahle is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kahle is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy.

    Advanced in Meningocele
    Otolaryngology
    Advanced in Meningocele
    Otolaryngology

    Office

    243 Charles St Fl 4, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ophir Handzel is an Otolaryngologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Handzel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Hearing Loss, Ear Cancer, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Myringotomy, and Mastoidectomy.

    Advanced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery
    Advanced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery

    Tufts Medicine New England Neurological Associates – Lowell

    10 George St Ste 300, 
    Lowell, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Anna Terry is a Neurosurgery provider in Lowell, Massachusetts. Dr. Terry is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Neurofibromatosis, Spinal Stenosis, Subdural Hematoma, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

    David Cachia
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurology | Oncology
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurology | Oncology

    UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus

    55 Lake Avenue North, 
    Worcester, MA 
    Experience:
    25+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Italian
    Offers Telehealth

    David Cachia is a Neurologist and an Oncologist in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Cachia has been practicing medicine for over 25 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, and Ependymoma.

    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Neurosurgery

    Boston Medical Center

    720 Harrison Ave, 
    Boston, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Julie Mayeku is a Neurosurgery provider in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Mayeku is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Meningocele and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.

    Experienced in Meningocele
    Interventional Radiology
    Experienced in Meningocele
    Interventional Radiology

    North Shore Medical Center Inc.

    81 Highland Ave, 
    Salem, MA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Miriam Neuman is an Interventional Radiologist in Salem, Massachusetts. Dr. Neuman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meningocele. Her top areas of expertise are Ascites, Lung Cancer, Peripheral Artery Disease, Bone Graft, and Vertebroplasty.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Meningocele?

    Protrusion of the meninges through a defect of the vertebral column.

    When should I see an Meningocele doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Meningocele doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Meningocele doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Meningocele doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Meningocele doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Meningocele doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Meningocele doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Meningocele doctor in Massachusetts, US?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Meningocele doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Meningocele doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Meningocele doctors in Massachusetts, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Meningocele doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Meningocele doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Meningocele doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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