Overview
Lyndon Kim is a Neurosurgery specialist and an Oncologist in New York, New York. Dr. Kim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rathke Cleft Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Glioma, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, and Brain Tumor.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 33 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1 Gustave Levy Place, Mount Sinai Emergency Room, New York, NY 10029
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.
4 Clinical Trials
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 Rathke Cleft Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Craniopharyngioma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Turbinectomy.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurosurgery & Spine At Lynbrook
"Mark Eisenberg, MD, joined Northwell Health in 2005 after nine years in private practice. He is now chief of neurosurgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and the founder and director of the Skull Base Center, which is part of the Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The center advances the field through innovative techniques and approaches.After graduating from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Eisenberg completed his residency training in neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Following residency, he completed a skull base surgery fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His area of expertise is neurological disease, with a focus on robotic and minimally invasive approaches to skull base and spinal surgery, as well as management and surgical treatment of degenerative spine disorders.""The types of techniques we use at the Skull Base Center take years to hone and practice. Dr. Eisenberg is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rathke Cleft Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Prolactinoma, Laminectomy, and Sacral Nerve Stimulation.
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 Rathke Cleft Cyst. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- AstrocytomaDr. Kim isElite. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- GlioblastomaDr. Kim isElite. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Kim isElite. Learn about Glioma.
- Distinguished
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
- Brain TumorDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes
- EpendymomaDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Ependymoma.
- Gliomatosis CerebriDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Gliomatosis Cerebri.
- GliosarcomaDr. Kim isDistinguished. Learn about Gliosarcoma.
- Advanced
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Diencephalic SyndromeDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Diencephalic Syndrome.
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET)
- MeningiomaDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Meningioma.
- Neural Crest TumorDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Neural Crest Tumor.
- Neuroendocrine TumorDr. Kim isAdvanced. Learn about Neuroendocrine Tumor.
- Experienced
- ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- AngiosarcomaDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Bone TumorDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain AbscessDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Breast CancerDr. Kim isExperienced. Learn about Breast Cancer.


