25 of the Best Neurosurgeons Near Me

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Walch’s family moved to Gainesville, Florida shortly after his birth. He attended the University of Florida (Go Gators!) for his undergraduate studies in both chemical engineering and neurobiological science. He earned his medical doctorate at the University of Florida, taking an extra year to do dedicated research in stroke and aneurysm research. Dr. Walch completed a neurosurgical residency at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. During his education, he took a research year to obtain a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration. Dr. Walch’s clinical interests center around conditions involving the brain and spine including the management of meningiomas, pituitary adenomas and gliomas. He also has extensive training in simple and complex spine conditions including herniated discs, lumbar stenosis, spondylolisthesis and lumbar fusions and fusion revision.“Trusting me with your health is a sacred gift, and I will do everything in my power to honor that. I will give you as much information as I can, so we can make a decision together on how to best help you and your condition.”When not working, Dr. Walch loves to ski, hike and travel. He enjoys staying active but also appreciates good movies and TV at home with his husband and their dog. His clinical expertise encompasses Epidural Hematoma, Facet Joint Syndrome, Spinal Stenosis, and Hypothalamic Tumor. Dr. Walch is currently accepting new patients.

"Alessandra Cathel, DO, is a neurosurgeon specializing in oncology. Originally from New Jersey, she relocated to Johnson City after being drawn to the beauty of the Appalachian Highlands. ""The warmth and friendliness I have encountered has made the region home,"" she says. Inspired by both the science of medicine and the complexity of the brain, Dr. Cathel finds her greatest motivation in caring for patients and their families. She is dedicated to tailoring treatment plans to each individual and values working with a team of specialists to provide the highest quality of care. Outside of work, Dr. Cathel enjoys hiking, playing softball, spending time on the water and following football and baseball.". Her clinical expertise encompasses Epidural Hematoma, Vein of Galen Aneurysm, Osteochondroma, and Olfactory Neuroblastoma. Dr. Cathel is board certified in American Osteopathic Board Of Surgery.

Zachary Jaffa is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Summit, Wisconsin. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Subdural Hematoma and Subdural Hematoma. Dr. Jaffa is board certified in  .

Valentina Vasenina is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cervical Myelopathy, Epidural Hematoma, Meningioma, and Cervical Spondylosis. Dr. Vasenina is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Christopher Farrell is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Farrell is highly rated in 49 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Meningioma, Cerebellum Agenesis Hydrocephaly, Awake Craniotomy, and Septoplasty. Dr. Farrell is board certified in Neurological Surgery. Dr. Farrell is currently accepting new patients.

At BNA, we put our patients first.  We are committed to treating our patients with compassion and to providing innovative and sound medical options for the treatment of our patient's neurological conditions.  As a patient of BNA, your health and well-being are important to us.  The neurosurgeons, physiatrists, hospital staff, neurological institute, and other members of our multidisciplinary team work together with one goal in mind - helping you get well. Dr. Garrett is highly rated in 49 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Stenosis, Cervical Myelopathy, Subdural Hematoma, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Garrett is board certified in Neurological Surgery. Dr. Garrett is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Jacques Morcos, who was born and raised in Lebanon, earned his medical degree at the American University of Beirut. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics in Minneapolis, followed by fellowships in cerebrovascular surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville and in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. Board certified in neurological surgery, Dr. Morcos is a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He is highly experienced in multidisciplinary minimally invasive endonasal endoscopic approaches, as well as open skull base approaches. He also speaks Arabic, French and Spanish. His primary clinical interests are cerebrovascular lesions including aneurysms; brain arteriovenous and cavernous malformations; dural arteriovenous fistulae; Moyamoya disease; stroke and cerebral ischemia; carotid endarterectomy; bypass surgery (STA-MCA and high flow); microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm; complex brain tumors including skull base tumors such as pituitary adenomas, meningiomas and acoustic neuromas; head and neck cancers; and radiosurgery. An avid researcher, Dr. Morcos has conducted observational studies in aneurysm surveillance, the impact of targeted therapies in NF2 acoustic neuromas and laboratory dissections to optimize and innovate neurosurgical approaches. Co-founder of the International Registry of MCA Bypass in Cerebral Ischemia, he holds leadership roles in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the World Federation of Skull Base Societies. A professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Dr. Morcos holds a Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience and also serves as director of cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery. Dr. Morcos is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Schwannoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Meningioma, Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery, and Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery.

Roukoz Chamoun is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 26 years. Dr. Chamoun is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Hypothalamic Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Chamoun is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery - 2015. Dr. Chamoun is currently accepting new patients.

Pulak Ray is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Newark, Delaware. He has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Ray is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Delirium, Cervical Disc Surgery, and Herniated Disc Surgery. Dr. Ray is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery.

Clifford Houseman is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Southfield, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 19 years. Dr. Houseman is highly rated in 45 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Stenosis, Subdural Hematoma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft. Dr. Houseman is board certified in American Osteopathic Board Of Surgery. Dr. Houseman is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kimberly Walpert earned her medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed a general surgery internship at the University of Tennessee at Memphis and a neurosurgical residency at The University of Tennessee and Semmes-Murphey Clinic in Memphis.Dr. Walpert is a fellow of the American Association of Neurosurgery and a member of the Neurological Society of America. She holds an appointment to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and is an assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus. She has a special interest in minimally invasive, microscopic treatment of spine disorders, head injury and radiosurgery and image-guidance in surgery for brain tumors. Dr. Walpert is highly rated in 44 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cervical Spondylosis, Sciatica, Spinal Stenosis, Gastrostomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Walpert is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Walpert is currently accepting new patients.

Todd Vitaz is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 31 years. Dr. Vitaz is highly rated in 43 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Turbinectomy. Dr. Vitaz is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Vitaz is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Magge is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and serves as the Surgical Director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program. His clinical practice encompasses all types of pediatric neurosurgery, with particular clinical and research interests in pediatric brain tumors, craniosynostosis (endoscopic and open surgery), and pediatric neurovascular disease (including AVM’s and moyamoya disease). His brain tumor research has focused on finding better treatments for diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG’s) and methods for liquid biopsy. He has been involved in multicenter clinical trials. In the field of craniosynostosis, he has been the principal investigator of a multicenter trial examining long term outcomes of children with craniosynostosis treated with either endoscopic or open surgery. He also started the first endoscopic craniosynostosis surgery program in the Washington, DC area and helped to grow a busy craniosynostosis practice in California. He has authored numerous scholarly papers, and he is a regular speaker at national and international conferences. Dr. Magge works to find the best treatment for each patient in the least invasive method possible.Prior to joining University of Michigan Health, Dr. Magge served as the Director of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at University of California Irvine. Prior to that, he was a faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, where he started the pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program and served as fellowship director.Dr. Magge grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he attended Harvard College for his undergraduate studies, where he majored in biochemistry. He then obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, graduating in 2001. During medical school, he completed a 1 year Howard Hughes research fellowship at the NIH. He then completed neurosurgery residency training at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2009. Dr. Magge is highly rated in 42 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Cortical Dysplasia, Craniectomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression. Dr. Magge is board certified in Neurological Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Kaith Almefty is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Chandler, Arizona. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Almefty is highly rated in 42 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Schwannoma, Acoustic Neuroma, Meningioma, Laminectomy, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Almefty is currently accepting new patients.

Toral Patel is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 41 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

Dr. Manish Aghi is a neurosurgeon specializing in brain tumors at UCSF Medical Center. He cares for adult patients with a wide range of conditions, including astrocytomas and anaplastic astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, glioblastomas, meningiomas and pituitary adenomas. As principal investigator at the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center, his interests include glioblastoma angiogenesis, mechanisms of glioblastoma resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy and experimental glioblastoma therapies such as cancer-killing viruses. Aghi earned his medical degree and a doctoral degree in neurosciences from Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Pituitary Network Association. Among his honors are the Preuss and Mahaley awards from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the Ronald L. Bittner Award, Synthes Skull Base Award and Integra Foundation Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Aghi is highly rated in 40 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pituitary Tumor, Hypothalamic Tumor, Prolactinoma, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Aghi is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery. Dr. Aghi is currently accepting new patients.

Samuel Ciricillo is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Sacramento, California. Dr. Ciricillo is highly rated in 40 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Hydrocephalus, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Ciricillo is board certified in Neurosurgery - Board Certified and Not ABMS Specialty. Dr. Ciricillo is currently accepting new patients.

Amin Kassam is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Dr. Kassam is highly rated in 40 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Brain Tumor, Pituitary Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Kassam is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians & Surgeons Of Canada.

Roham Moftakhar is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Moftakhar is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Brain Aneurysm, Pituitary Tumor, Meningioma, Gastrostomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Moftakhar is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Peter Shedden is an established and prominent neurosurgeon who is board certified in both Canada and the United States. He completed his pre-medical training at the University of Toronto where he received a BSc degree in Anatomy and Physiology and a MSc degree for research pertaining to spinal cord development. Dr. Shedden is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spinal Stenosis, Cervical Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis, Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Shedden is currently accepting new patients.

Pawan Rastogi is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Newark, Delaware. He has been practicing medicine for over 37 years. Dr. Rastogi is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Spondylolisthesis, Radiation Induced Meningioma, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery. Dr. Rastogi is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery.

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, Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization. Dr. Patel is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Joseph Piatt is the chief of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and a current professor of neurological surgery and pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. Born in Pittsburgh, Dr. Piatt obtained his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College. He went to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania; residency at Duke University in North Carolina; and fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto while he was on active duty for the U.S. Army. After 2 more years in uniform at Madigan Army Medical Center, Dr. Piatt took his first academic position at the Oregon Health Science University in Portland, Oregon. At the end of the millennium, he returned to the East to work at St. Christopher’s in Philadelphia and then at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. He has been at Nemours for 14 years. I enjoy working with the family dynamics of children and their parents/guardians. I love being able to help children and bring joy to their families. I am passionate about providing clarity and understanding in issues surrounding a child’s health. My goals are to employ all the resources of medical science and my own personal experience to provide the best quality care to children with neurological conditions that require surgical intervention. I strive to continue to help advance the medical science of pediatric neurosurgery for all patients and families. I take advantage of 35 years of experience in finding the right word to communicate with patients and parents with respect and clarity. Dr. Piatt is highly rated in 38 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Increased Head Circumference, Moyamoya Disease, and Plagiocephaly. Dr. Piatt is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Vincent DiNapoli MD is a neurosurgeon practicing at TriHealth. Dr. Dinapoli is highly rated in 38 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Familial Porencephaly, Choroid Plexus Cyst, Meningioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Dinapoli is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery - 2019. Dr. Dinapoli is currently accepting new patients.

Charles Kanos is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Kanos is highly rated in 36 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Sciatica, Awake Craniotomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Kanos is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Kanos is currently accepting new patients.