Philip Stieg is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Stieg is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Glioblastoma, Metastatic Brain Tumor, Nerve Decompression, and Gastrostomy.

Raphael Sacho is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Neuroradiologist in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Sacho is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation (PAVM), Gastrostomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Susan Pannullo is a Neurologist and a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Pannullo is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Acoustic Neuroma, Metastatic Brain Tumor, and Brain Tumor. Dr. Pannullo is currently accepting new patients.

Brian Jankowitz is a Neurosurgery provider in Edison, New Jersey. Dr. Jankowitz is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Stroke, Subdural Hematoma, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.

Charles Prestigiacomo is a Neurosurgery provider in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Prestigiacomo is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Arteriovenous Malformation, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stent Placement, and Thrombectomy.

Rohan Ramakrishna is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Ramakrishna is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Radiation Induced Meningioma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Ramakrishna is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Souweidane is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Souweidane is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Diffuse Midline Glioma H3 K27M-Mutant, Gliomatosis Cerebri, Brain Tumor, Craniopharyngioma, and Osteotomy. Dr. Souweidane is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Laminectomy.

"Ronit Gilad, MD, serves as chair of neurosurgery at Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH), assistant professor of neurosurgery at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, member of the Katz Institute of Women's Health, and member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.Dr. Gilad has a surgical focus in treating patients with brain and skull base tumors, including meningioma and pituitary masses. She also has special interests in spine surgery and motion preservation in people with degenerative disc conditions and spinal stenosis.She specializes in minimally invasive procedures, including tubular retractation system surgery for deep brain tumors, which involves making a single a small incision in the skull and inserting a narrow tube-like surgical tool through delicate healthy brain tissue to remove the tumor. Tubular retraction can also be used to remove spinal tumors. To improve the accuracy of surgery, Dr. Gilad routinely uses state-of-the-art equipment such as the exoscope, which projects high-definition, three-dimensional images onto a large screen in the operating room.While she has extensive training and experience as a surgeon and loves the hands-on approach to care that surgery provides, she also helps patients explore non-surgical treatment options, including medication and radiation therapy. ""There is no one formula. I take patient preferences into consideration and think outside the box to make sure people's needs are met.""Dr. Gilad emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to patient care and will collaborate with imaging specialists, interventional radiologists, medical oncologists, and other surgeons to ensure patients receive the safest and most effective treatment options.Dr. Gilad is committed to teaching and engaging with physician assistants and physician colleagues in an environment of shared collaboration. As a frequent presenter at SIUH's neurosurgery lecture series, grand rounds, and conferences, she helps provide a framework and guide for the advancing field of neurosurgery.Dr. Gilad, who always knew she wanted to be a physician, earned her medical degree at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She completed a neurosurgery residency and an enfolded fellowship in neuroradiology at Mount Sinai Hospital. Before joining Northwell in 2017, she was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy and a staff neurosurgeon at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia.Above all, having a positive impact on patients' lives is the best part of Dr. Gilad's job. ""I love making a difference,"" she says. ""Providing a good outcome for people who need brain or spine surgery is amazing. Some days, I can't believe I get to do this for a living.""". Dr. Gilad is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Cervical Spondylosis, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Bone Graft, and Vertebroplasty.

Dr. Albert Telfeian is a board-certified neurosurgeon and a pioneer in endoscopic spine surgery. He is the most published surgeon in the Western hemisphere in the field of endoscopic spine surgery and internationally recognized for performing the world’s first awake endoscopic spine tumor surgery.Dr. Telfeian is responsible for countless advances in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery.Dr. Telfeian received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his M.D. and Ph.D. Degrees from the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. He completed his neurosurgery training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and his spine fellowship in Switzerland at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Vaudois. Dr. Telfeian was an Assistant Professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a Full Professor, Vice Chairman and Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Brown University prior to founding the Endoscopic Spine Institute of New York. Dr. Telfeian currently serves on the clinical faculty in the Neurosurgery Department at Columbia Presbyterian.Dr. Telfeian is best known for his groundbreaking work in awake endoscopic surgery and for expanding access to ultra-minimally invasive procedures globally.Clinical ExpertiseBoard-certified neurosurgeon with expertise in both pediatric and adult spine surgery.Performs awake endoscopic lumbar procedures, a field he helped pioneer globally.Special clinical focus on lumbar forami. Dr. Telfeian is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Herniated Disk, Foot Drop, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Andrew Chan serves as Director of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery and Director of Neurosurgical Spine Research. In patient care, Dr. Chan specializes in surgeries for a variety of conditions, including spinal deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis, spinal tumors, and degenerative spinal disease (affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine). His surgical techniques range from minimally invasive to complex. Dr. Chan earned his medical degree at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his residency in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). His additional training includes a fellowship in spinal deformity and minimally invasive complex spine surgery at Duke University.Dr. Chan is focused on improving spine surgical care via his research. He has won multiple awards for his research including: The Neurosurgery Top Spine Paper of the Year with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS); the Stewart Dunsker Award for Best Clinical Spine Abstract at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS); and the Journalistic and Academic Neurosurgical Excellence (J.A.N.E.) and Mayfield Clinical Science Awards at the AANS/CNS Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. He also prides himself on his patient care, having received the prestigious Howard Naffziger Award for Outstanding Clinical Service while at UCSF. Dr. Chan is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Myelopathy, Cervical Spondylosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Soriaya Motivala is a Neurosurgery provider in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Motivala is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Stroke, Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Bone Graft.

Viviane Tabar is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Tabar is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Tabar is currently accepting new patients.

Douglas Kondziolka is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Kondziolka is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schwannoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Arteriovenous Malformation, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Endovascular Embolization.

Mark Bilsky is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Bilsky is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chordoma, Bone Tumor, Spinal Tumor, Vertebroplasty, and Laminectomy.

Daniel Orringer is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Orringer is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brain Tumor, Glioma, Astrocytoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Tissue Biopsy.

Simone Betchen is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Betchen is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, Gastrostomy, and Laminectomy.

Martin Zonenshayn is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Zonenshayn is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hydrocephalus, Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Vertebroplasty. Dr. Zonenshayn is currently accepting new patients.

Donato Pacione is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Pacione is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Cushing's disease, Radiation Induced Meningioma, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

Jared Knopman is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Knopman is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Subdural Hematoma, Brain Aneurysm, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Sacral Nerve Stimulation, and Thrombectomy.

Osama Kashlan is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Kashlan is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy.

Amit Schwartz is a Neurosurgery provider in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Schwartz is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Pituitary Tumor, Subdural Hematoma, Laminectomy, and Awake Craniotomy.

Erez Nossek is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Nossek is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Awake Craniotomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Darryl Lau is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Lau is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Lordosis, Scoliosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Brian Kopell is a Neurosurgery provider in New York, New York. Dr. Kopell is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Kopell is currently accepting new patients.