Dr. Alain D. Lotbiniere

"Dr. Alain de Lotbiniere practices at Northern Westchester Hospital. He has made it his life's mission to help people find relief from their chronic pain. He is nationally known for his ability to diagnose and treat neurological disorders leaning on the experience and expertise garnered in his distinguished career to find long-awaited answers for patients eager for viable solutions.Dr. de Lotbiniere spent 17 years at Yale University School of Medicine (YSM), where he was Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Director of Pituitary Surgery, and Medical Director of Gamma Knife Surgery. He was also an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at YSM, where he created a program for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery as well as radiosurgery.Treating patients with a multitude of intracranial disorders using stereotactic radiosurgery since 1991, Dr. Lotbiniere has performed over 1,000 stereotactic radiosurgical interventions. With a national reputation for properly diagnosing and surgically treating nerve disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia, Dr. de Lotbiniere brings peace of mind to patients who have long searched for answers before coming to him. Dr. de Lotbiniere explains, ""People often have teeth pulled or are treated for TMJ (temporomandibular joint syndrome) when the cause of their symptoms is actually trigeminal neuralgia, which is characterized by sudden shock-like facial pains, typically near the nose, lips, eyes or ears.""".

Dr. Lotbiniere is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Microdiscectomy.

He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article.