25 of the Best Neurosurgeons Near Me in Cambridge, MA

Ronnie Alterman is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Alterman is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Parkinson's Disease, Subdural Hematoma, Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Alterman is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Martina Stippler is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Stippler is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Pituitary Tumor, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Laminectomy. Dr. Stippler is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Christopher Ogilvy is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ogilvy is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Craniectomy, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Ogilvy is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Philipp Taussky is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Taussky is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Subdural Hematoma, Endovascular Embolization, and Rhizotomy.

Dr. John Rolston is a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, recognized internationally for his contributions to epilepsy surgery and movement disorder surgery. Before moving to Brigham & Women’s, he served as the Director of Epilepsy Surgery and the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Utah from 2017 to 2022.Dr. Rolston received his Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he won the Russell Mills Award for Excellence in Computer Science. For his PhD, he developed brain-computer interfaces for epilepsy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He received an MD from Emory University before completing his residency training and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.Dr. Rolston’s NIH-funded laboratory investigates how neural engineering can be used to map and ultimately rewire the diseased brain. The same tools can be used to better understand neural information processing and how it is disordered in illnesses like epilepsy, Parkinson’s, and psychiatric disease. Dr. Rolston ardently promotes patient safety in neurosurgery and has led several studies examining the frequency and causes of neurosurgical errors and complications. He has over 150 publications and has received numerous awards, such as the University of California’s Harold Rosegay Award for teaching and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons’ Basic Science Award for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Rolston is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy. Dr. Rolston is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

James Rabinov is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Rabinov is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Aneurysm, Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Rabinov is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology.

Nirav Patel is a Radiologist and a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Brain Aneurysm, Transmyocardial Revascularization, and Stent Placement. Dr. Patel is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

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 highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Smith is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Rafael Vega is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Vega is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Tumor, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Subdural Hematoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Craniectomy. Dr. Vega is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Peruzzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. He holds an appointment as an attending clinical neurosurgeon, as well as a principal investigator in the neuro-oncology research  laboratories at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr Peruzzi works together with a dedicated support team to provide the best, most timely and compassionate care to patients suffering from neurological disorders, particularly malignant brain tumors.Dr. Peruzzi leads a molecular biology laboratory focused in basic research to find a cure to malignant brain tumors, and is also involved in multiple clinical trials for the treatment of brain tumors at the BWH, including oncolytic virotherapy and the use of novel microdevices to guide personalized chemotherapy to patients with brain cancers. Dr Peruzzi has been continuously supported by NIH funding for his laboratory research since he  joined the staff at the Brigham. He has received the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation fellowship by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, as well as the prestigious American Academy of Neurological Surgery Award. Dr. Peruzzi is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subdural Hematoma, Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Tissue Biopsy. Dr. Peruzzi is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Joshua Aronson is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Aronson is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subdural Hematoma, Seizures, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Aronson is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Efstathios Papavassiliou is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Papavassiliou is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Parkinson's Disease, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Papavassiliou is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Edward Smith is a Pediatrics specialist and a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Smith is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Moyamoya Disease, Wyburn-Mason Syndrome, Vein of Galen Aneurysm, and Arteriovenous Malformation. Dr. Smith is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Zaidi is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and director of spine research at the Computational Neurosurgical Outcomes Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Given the complex nature of spine diseases, Dr. Zaidi believes in tailoring surgical techniques and individualizing care to treat each patient’s unique set of circumstances. He strongly adheres to the philosophy of caring for his patients as if they were his own family members. Dr. Zaidi believes that developing a surgical plan depends on a thoughtful conversation with his patients and their families and tailoring surgery to meet the patient’s goals and specific needs.Fascinated by the complexity of spinal disorders and the ability of spine surgery to restore function and improve the quality of a patient’s life, he pursued a specialized fellowship in complex spine surgery, adult spinal deformity surgery, as well as endoscopic surgery. He integrates novel, minimally invasive techniques and modern technological innovations to treat a variety of spinal pathologies.Dr. Zaidi’s clinical practice is focused on the treatment of global spinal imbalance among patients with degenerative spine disease, tumors and scoliosis; by restoring the natural curvature of the spine, surgery can reduce pain and improve function. His research focuses on developing novel surgical tools to improve the safety and efficacy of surgery, as well as analyzing surgical outcomes in order to improve surgical outcomes. Dr. Zaidi is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypothalamic Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Zaidi is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

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 highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Stenosis, Scoliosis, Epidural Abscess, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Lu is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Saris is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery and the Director in our Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center at Foxborough. He is also a Lecturer in Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Saris has been a neurosurgeon since the late 1970s and has endeavored to become the best neurosurgeon he can be in that time. He is motivated by the necessity to keep pace with the lightening fast changes in the neurosurgery field. He notes that the change in the practice neurosurgery from the time he practices after leaving Duke University in 1985 is nearly unrecognizable to his practice approaches today. This growth with the field of neurosurgery has allowed him to take the best care of patients possible.Dr. Saris followed a long physician line in his family by entering the realm of medicine. In addition to joking that it is in his blood, he yearns to help those in need. He chose the field of neurosurgery after completing a bout of rotating internships and was moved by the pulsation of the brain, the high-tech imaging and the almost immediate correction of a problem after microsurgery that neurosurgery encompassed.Dr. Saris’s clinical practice is focused on degenerative spinal problems people experience as they get older such as herniated disks and stenosis. He has niche interests in trigeminal neuralgia and stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Saris’s research involves experimental treatments for facial pain. He is a member of a collaborative group investigating the use of stereotactic radiosurgery for this purpose. Dr. Saris is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Trigeminal Neuralgia, Neuralgia, Pallister-Hall Syndrome, Microdiscectomy, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Saris is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Rose Du is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Du is highly rated in 43 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Carl Heilman is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Heilman is highly rated in 41 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Hydrocephalus, Acoustic Neuroma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Mastoidectomy. Dr. Heilman is currently accepting new patients.

Wenya Bi is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Bi is highly rated in 40 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Astrocytoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Nerve Decompression.

William Curry is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Curry is highly rated in 36 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Meningioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Septoplasty.

Kristopher Kahle is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kahle is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Hydrocephalus due to Congenital Stenosis of Aqueduct of Sylvius, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy.

Dr. Brian Nahed is a neurosurgeon specializing in Brain Tumors (Glioblastoma, Low Grade Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors) and Brain Mapping / Intraoperative Imaging. He is Director of Neurosurgery Residency Program at MGH and Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery.Patient appointments: 617-724-5805. (Appointments / Second Opinions within 24 hrs.) Visit my web page.Dr. Nahed specializes in brain tumors of the eloquent cortex (language and motor areas of the brain) which require awake surgery, language and motor mapping, and subcortical stimulation. Dr. Nahed specializes in intraoperative technology and minimally invasive procedures to treat brain tumors aggressively and safely.Born in New York, Dr. Nahed attended UCLA where he majored in Neuroscience, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with the department's Highest Honors. He attended the Yale School of Medicine where he was awarded the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship and graduated with honors. Dr. Nahed completed his neurosurgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital; where Dr. Nahed completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Drs. Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran in the MGH Cancer Center.Dr. Brian Nahed was recruited to the MGH Department of Neurosurgery, MGH Brain Tumor Center, and Harvard Medical School in 2011. Dr. Brian Nahed's research focuses on developing the first blood based test to diagnose and monitor brain tumors. In collaboration with Drs. Haber, Maheswaran, and Stott, Dr. Nahed published the first evidence of circulating tumor cells in the blood of patients with glioblastoma. Drs Nahed and Stott run an NIH funded laboratory developing the first blood test for patients with brain tumors.As the Director of the MGH Neurosurgery Residency Program, he has led neurosurgical education. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the CNS/AANS Executive Committee For Brain Tumors. He is Co-Chair of the CNS Leadership Institute. He is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Council State Neurological Societies. Dr. Nahed serves as the lead neurotrauma consultant for the National Football League (NFL). Dr. Nahed is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glioma, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Tissue Biopsy.

Benjamin Warf is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Warf is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Myelomeningocele, Syringomyelia, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Endoscopy.

Alexandra Golby is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Golby is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Brain Tumor, Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Awake Craniotomy, and Vitrectomy.

Bob Carter is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Carter is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glioblastoma, Glioma, Astrocytoma, Tissue Biopsy, and Awake Craniotomy.