Symeon Missios, Author at Dr. Symeon Missios

Time Is Brain: What the First Hours After a Stroke Actually Look Like

A man in his late sixties is brought into the emergency room by his daughter. She tells the triage nurse she found him slumped at the kitchen table that morning, unable to lift his ... Read More

Stereotactic Radiosurgery: The “Surgery” That Doesn’t Cut

A patient sits across from me in my office in West Islip. She has just been told she has a small meningioma near the base of her skull. Her surgeon — that’s me — is recom ... Read More

Small Brain Tumors, Big Decisions

When Watching Is Wiser Than Treating It almost always starts the same way. A patient comes in for something unrelated — a persistent headache after a car accident, dizziness that ... Read More

The Spine Surgery You Probably Don’t Need

A Neurosurgeon’s Honest Guide on When to Wait Imagine you’re sitting in a waiting room, MRI images in hand, trying to process what the doctor just told you. There&#8217 ... Read More

Demystifying Brain Myths

What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Neurosurgery Movies and television have long been fascinated with the human brain. From dramatic emergency surgeries to miraculous awakenings and su ... Read More

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The Role of Nutrition in Brain Health: Foods That Fuel Your Mind

As a neurosurgeon, I often see patients when neurological problems have already reached a critical point—brain tumors, spinal cord compression, stroke, or degenerative disease. W ... Read More

Symeon Missios

Time Is Brain: What the First Hours After a Stroke Actually Look Like

Stereotactic Radiosurgery: The “Surgery” That Doesn’t Cut

Small Brain Tumors, Big Decisions

The Spine Surgery You Probably Don’t Need

Demystifying Brain Myths

The Role of Nutrition in Brain Health: Foods That Fuel Your Mind

Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases: How Many Is Too Many?

Cervical Myelopathy: The Neck Problem You Should Not Wait Out

Spinal Fusion: When You Need It, and When You Don’t