By Symeon Missios, MD — Long Island Brain & Spine 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 recommending a treatment called...
By Symeon Missios, MD — Long Island Brain & Spine It almost always starts the same way. A patient comes in for something unrelated — a persistent headache after a car accident, dizziness that wouldn’t go away, a minor fall with a confused moment. A CT or MRI...
By Symeon Missios, MD — Long Island Brain & Spine Imagine you’re sitting in a waiting room, MRI images in hand, trying to process what the doctor just told you. There’s a herniated disc at L4-L5. Or stenosis at three levels. Or degeneration that looks,...
Strokes are so common almost everyone’s family has been touched by them. But do you have questions about Stroke that you’d love to ask a Neurosurgeon? Well, here’s your chance – Neurosurgeon Symeon Missios, MD, FAANS will be here to explain...
Have Questions about Sciatica? How would you like to ask a Neurosurgeon? Neurosurgeon Dr. Symeon Missios, MD, FAANS and Ryan O’neil Williams, Local Small Biz Marketing Consultant, delve into the mysteries of the brain and spine in episode 5, all about Sciatica....
