25 of the Best Neurosurgeons Near Me

Yair Gozal is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 15 years. Dr. Gozal is highly rated in 35 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Prolactinoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), Awake Craniotomy, and Rhizotomy. Dr. Gozal is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery - 2021. Dr. Gozal is currently accepting new patients.

Mohamad Bydon is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Bydon is highly rated in 34 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Spondylolisthesis, Cervical Myelopathy, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Bydon is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Todd Patrick is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Patrick is highly rated in 34 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures. Dr. Patrick is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Jason Heth attended The University of Iowa where he received his medical degree and also completed his residency in Neurosurgery. Dr. Heth then completed additional training in Skull Base Neurosurgery, completing a fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. After completing his fellowship, he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan. Dr. Heth specializes in brain tumor treatment, including surgical removal, radiosurgery, and basic research. His primary areas of interest focus on gliomas, glioblastoma, brain metastasis, and meningiomas. He is also involved in medical student education and quality improvement programs at the University of Michigan. Dr. Heth is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Heth is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Karin Muraszko, M.D., grew up in New Jersey and received her undergraduate degree from Yale University. She then continued to Columbia University in New York where she received her medical degree and completed her residency training in Neurological Surgery and completed fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery.Following her training at Columbia, Dr. Muraszko was a researcher at the National Institutes for Health for two years before joining the team at the University of Michigan. From 2005 to 2022, Dr. Muraszko served as the head the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan. She was the first woman to chair an academic neurosurgery department in the United States.Dr. Muraszko specializes in pediatric neurosurgery. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) along with several pediatric professional associations. Her research interests include Immunotoxin therapy for brain tumors, the biology of brain tumors, Chiari malformations, craniofacial anomalies, congenital anomalies of the brain and spine and hydrocephalus.Dr. Muraszko lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and two children. Dr. Muraszko is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 2, Tethered Cord Syndrome, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Bone Graft. Dr. Muraszko is board certified in Neurological Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Michael Seiff is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Seiff is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), Brain Stem Cancer, Meningioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Seiff is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Seiff is currently accepting new patients.

Julian Bailes, MD, a neurosurgeon and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Endeavor Health, treats a wide range of brain and spine conditions. He brings decades of experience and research in brain injury, tumor surgery and advanced drug delivery to his work. Dr. Bailes is committed to delivering safe, evidence-based treatment using the latest technologies and a skilled, multidisciplinary team. Dr. Bailes is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), Brain Stem Cancer, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Bailes is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Aditya S. Pandey, M.D. achieved his Bachelors of Science in Biological and Engineering Sciences from the Washington University in St. Louis and Doctorate of Medicine from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He then gained training in neurological surgery with sub-specialty training in microsurgical and endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disorders under the guidance of Dr. Robert Rosenwasser at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Pandey specializes in treating individuals who have blood vessel related diseases of the brain and spinal cord (e.g., aneurysms, AVM, stroke, fistulas, cavernomas, bleeding within the brain, etc.) as well as practicing general neurosurgery (spinal disorders, brain tumors, and traumatic brain injury). Dr. Pandey is able to perform the latest techniques to treat stroke utilizing suction-stent thrombectomy techniques as well as treating the most complex of aneurysms utilizing flow diversion technology. He is one of two neurosurgeons in the Ann Arbor region who are trained to perform both open surgeries and endovascular procedures when treating patients with brain blood vessel related diseases. Dr. Pandey is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement. Dr. Pandey is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Matthew Tate is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. Dr. Tate is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Brain Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Tate is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery (Certified).

Richard Rowe is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Rowe is highly rated in 32 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Apoplexy, Subdural Hematoma, Delirium, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Rowe is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Rowe is currently accepting new patients.

Robert Starke is an Oncologist and a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Miami, Florida. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Starke is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Arteriovenous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Thrombectomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Starke is currently accepting new patients.

Alireza Mohammadi is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Mohammadi is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subependymoma, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy.

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, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Awake Craniotomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Smith is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Ghassan Khayyat is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Fairlawn, Ohio. Dr. Khayyat is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Radiation Induced Meningioma, Meningioma, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Khayyat is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, 1979.

Stephen Sullivan, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and is board certified in Neurosurgery. He is director of the Pituitary Clinic. His clinical and research interests pertain to the treatment of pituitary tumors, Cushing’s disease and acromegaly. Dr. Sullivan is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Olfactory Neuroblastoma, Pituitary Tumor, Chordoma, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Sullivan is board certified in Neurological Surgery.

Costas G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has devoted his entire career to the treatment of brain tumor patients. He completed his neurosurgical residency and graduate PhD training at the University of Pittsburgh with additional neurosurgical oncology training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Hadjipanayis is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glioma, Glioblastoma, Brain Tumor, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Thalamotomy. Dr. Hadjipanayis is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Hadjipanayis is currently accepting new patients.

Jason A. Ellis, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Northwell Health's Lenox Hill Hospital. He treats patients with complex cerebrovascular and skull base conditions. He has expertise in the use of microsurgical, neuroendoscopic, and minimally invasive approaches to the brain and spine. Dr. Ellis treats people with conditions including brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebrovascular malformations, brain aneurysm, carotid stenosis, Moyamoya disease, acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma), meningioma, Chiari malformation, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and stroke.Dr. Ellis frequently performs intricate microneurosurgical procedures including cerebral bypass surgery to restore blood flow to the brain after stroke; minimally invasive cerebral endoscopy to treat deep-seated brain lesions; and non-invasive gamma knife radiosurgery. Dr. Ellis has developed special microsurgical techniques using exoscopes to perform complex brain surgery.Dr. Ellis earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University and his medical degree from Columbia University. As a student with interests in the frontiers of science, technology, and biomedical research, as well as a keen desire to make an immediate health impact in people's lives, it made perfect sense for me to pursue neurosurgery as my life's work, he says.He completed a neurosurgery residency at the Neurological Institute of New York/Columbia University Medical Center and a cerebrovascular neurosurgery fellowship at Emory University Hospital. He will receive his MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business in the spring of 2025.At Lenox Hill, Dr. Ellis works with a multidisciplinary group of specialists including neurologists, neuro-anesthesiologists, pathologists, oncologists, interventional neuroradiologists, head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists, and neurocritical care providers.Dr. Ellis is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Director of Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, and Co-Director of the cerebrovascular surgery fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is also the principal investigator of several clinical trials that seek to improve the surgical care of patients with tumors and vascular conditions of the nervous system.He explains that the most rewarding part of his job is enabling patients to improve their quality of life. My goal is to improve the condition of each patient that I encounter with a neurosurgical problem by offering the highest quality of specialized care possible. Dr. Ellis is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Apoplexy, Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, Glioma, Microvascular Decompression, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Ellis is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Matthew Dashnaw is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Sterling Heights, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Dashnaw is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Microvascular Decompression, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Dashnaw is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Dashnaw is currently accepting new patients.

Paul Boulos is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Boulos is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Subdural Hematoma, Spinal Stenosis, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), Laminectomy, and Microdiscectomy. Dr. Boulos is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery.

Ehsan Balagamwala is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Balagamwala is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Balagamwala is board certified in American Board Of Radiology, 2019.

I am the first member in my extended family to enter the field of medicine and health. I did so, because my brother had a serious medical condition at early age that impacted me so much that I elected to get into medicine to help others. I believe an important part of providing medical care is educating the patients and their families/care givers about their condition and the care they get. This way they can make the best decision for themselves and their family. Personal Interests and Hobbies: My hobbies are spending time with family, outdoor activities (hiking, going to a lake or beach, swimming, sports, biking, etc.) and travel. I really enjoy international travel and before the pandemic traveled abroad at least twice a year.My overall philosophy is that I like to provide patient centered, collaborative, educated, evidence based care. I don't see myself as a one person show. I believe, I work as part of a team. I also like the team approach to certain pathologies. One of the things that worked very well, and got very high praise at my last job, was a neuro-oncology (or Brain; Spine tumor) clinic. One day a week, I would set up shop at the local cancer center, where I would first run a multi-disciplinary conference with Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Radiology and other services, followed by a clinic dedicated to patients with brain and spine tumors. Here patients would see me in addition to oncology and radiation oncology in one visit. This approach really improved the patient experience, improved outcomes and reduced complications. I would like to implement something similar like this in Redding. Dr. Widdel is highly rated in 29 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Posterior Fossa Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Laminectomy, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Widdel is board certified in Neurological Surgery. Dr. Widdel is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Mickey is board-certified in neurological surgery and has extensive experience in the surgical management of brain and pituitary tumors, and of epilepsy. He also has many years of experience in the management of brain and pituitary tumors with Gamma Knife® radiosurgery. After retiring from the full-time faculty at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, he has joined Baylor Scott & White Neurosurgery Associates to work with us as we plan the future of neurosurgery in the Baylor Scott & White system. Dr. Mickey also serves as the Medical Director for Neuroscience Program Development & Integration at Baylor University Medical Center. In his spare time, Dr. Mickey enjoys hiking, cooking and spending time with his family. Dr. Mickey has been named a Texas Super Doctor every year from 2006 to 2022. Dr. Mickey was recognized by D Magazine as a Best Doctor for 2025. Dr. Mickey has been named one of D Magazine’s Best Docs at least 15 times earning him a place on D Magazine’s Hall of Fame list. Dr. Mickey is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Meningioma, Radiation Induced Meningioma, Pituitary Tumor, Balloon Sinuplasty, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Mickey is board certified in Neurological Surgery- American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Toussaint enjoys teaching, research, and mentoring medical students. He has lived in College Station with his wife and five children since 2007. Dr. Toussaint is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cervical Spondylosis, Delirium, Apoplexy, Microdiscectomy, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Toussaint is board certified in Neurological Surgery- American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Douglas Laske is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Dr. Laske is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Posterior Fossa Tumor, Subdural Hematoma, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Laske is board certified in Neurological Surgery. Dr. Laske is currently accepting new patients.

Spiros Blackburn, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. He has special expertise in both endoscopic and endovascular neurosurgery. A summa cum laude graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Dr. Blackburn received his medical degree at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After concluding his residency at Washington University in St. Louis, he completed a cerebrovascular fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta and a neuro-endovascular fellowship at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University. Prior to joining Mischer Neuroscience Institute, he held a faculty appointment as assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The recipient of numerous academic awards, Dr. Blackburn has lectured nationally on the management of cerebral aneurysms, surgical anatomy, arteriovenous malformations and stroke. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including PNAS, Neurosurgery, World Neurosurgery, Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, British Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Stroke and Journal of Neuro-Oncology, among others. His clinical research interests include biomarkers for cerebral vasospasm and translational research for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as a number of clinical trials for the treatment of brain aneurysms. He treats the following conditions: Cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations Meningiomas and other tumors involving the skull base Pituitary tumors Moya Moya disease Carotid artery - stenosis and endarterectomy Cavernous malformations He has special expertise in: Endovascular neurosurgery (also called interventional neuroradiology) – coil embolization of aneurysms Endoscopic approaches to pituitary tumors, meningiomas, and other mass lesions. Dr. Blackburn is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Apoplexy, Thrombectomy, and Endovascular Embolization.