
Overview
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 Experienced provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 173 peer reviewed articles and participating in 12 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
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Locations
130 East 77th Street, Black Hall, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10075
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Clinical Research
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New York University
Erez Nossek is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Vascular Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Nossek is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Awake Craniotomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurosurgery & Spine At Lenox Hill
"Dr. David Langer is Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. In 2013 Dr. Langer was recruited to Lenox Hill Hospital as Director of Neurosurgery to begin to build on a vision of not only an outstanding clinical entity in the Neurosciences but to create an entirely new environment for patients and their families. Dr. Langer is a third generation medical doctor and attended the University of Pennsylvania and its medical school. He completed his neurosurgical residency there and joined his chairman, Eugene S. Flamm MD, when he left Penn to embark on the establishment of a new neurosurgical institute in New York City in 1998. He remained in New York City until 2010 when he joined North Shore-LIJ and Dr. Raj Narayan's new academic neurosurgery department in 2010 after completing a neuroendovascular fellowship at SUNY/Buffalo.Dr. Langer has focused the majority of his clinical and academic attention to diseases of the brain vessels and is an internationally recognized expert in cerebral revascularization and cerebral aneurysms. He additionally is recognized as a thought leader and expert in the uses of consumer information technology in the medical space and has lectured on the design and implementation of these technologies.Dr. Langer has published on and spoken both nationally and internationally on vascular disorders such as aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVM) of the brain and is one of the few remaining expert cerebral bypass surgeons in the country. In 2011, Dr. Langer established the Moyamoya Center of New York and embarked on the development of a project focused upon the use of social networking technology and video to enhance the patient experience and improve the medical record. This project has grown into Cirrus Health which continues to disrupt the status quo in patient communication and the current electronic medical record.Dr. Langer has received a number of awards during his training and career including being a ""Top Doctor"" and New York Magazine ""Best Doctor."" He is currently a peer reviewer for the journals Neurosurgery. Dr. Langer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Brain Aneurysm, Meningioma, Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery, and Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery.
Northwell Health Neurosurgery & Spine
"Amir Dehdashti, MD, FACS, is a renowned neurosurgeon, and one of the few dual-trained cerebrovascular and skull base surgeons in America. He serves as the director of cerebrovascular neurosurgery research at North Shore University Hospital, and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.Dr. Dehdashti's areas of expertise include cerebrovascular surgery for brain aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, brainstem cavernous malformations, carotid artery disease, and bypass surgery for moyamoya disease and brain aneurysms. He specializes in skull base surgery for acoustic neuromas and meningiomas, minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery for pituitary and other skull base tumors, cranial nerve surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm, and craniovertebral junction surgery including Chiari. He has developed minimally invasive approaches to many complex cerebrovascular and cranial base diseases, and is one of a few neurosurgeons in the country with internationally recognized expertise in bypass surgery. With 14 years in practice as a board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Dehdashti understands the intricacies and delicate nature of brain surgery, and approaches each unique case with meticulous attention to detail. He is dedicated to providing the latest, most effective surgical options that offer the best possible outcomes, which is why patients both nationally and internationally are often referred to him. A global leader in neurosurgical research, Dr. Dehdashti has been published in more than 170 medical papers, including the textbook ""Surgery of Craniovertebral Junction. Dr. Dehdashti is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Pituitary Tumor, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery, and Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery.
Areas of Expertise
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- AstrocytomaDr. Boockvar isElite. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Brain TumorDr. Boockvar isElite. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- GlioblastomaDr. Boockvar isElite. Learn about Glioblastoma.
- GliomaDr. Boockvar isElite. Learn about Glioma.
- Gliomatosis CerebriDr. Boockvar isElite. Learn about Gliomatosis Cerebri.
- Distinguished
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)Dr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT).
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
- Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET)Dr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET).
- Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered RosettesDr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes.
- GliosarcomaDr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Gliosarcoma.
- MeningiomaDr. Boockvar isDistinguished. Learn about Meningioma.
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- Arachnoid CystsDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Choroid Plexus CystDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Cyst.
- EpendymomaDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Ependymoma.
- Familial PorencephalyDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Porencephaly.
- Hypothalamic TumorDr. Boockvar isAdvanced. Learn about Hypothalamic Tumor.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- ApoplexyDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Balloon SinuplastyDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Balloon Sinuplasty.
- Bone TumorDr. Boockvar isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.


