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
Neurosurgery
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’ ... 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
Tractography in Neurosurgery: Precision Mapping for Brain Tumor Surgery
Navigating the Brain with Precision Consider the challenge of traversing an unfamiliar city without a map—relying solely on intuition to avoid dead ends and critical intersection ... Read More
Brain-Computer Interfaces: The Future Is Thinking Out Loud!
Welcome to the Brain Revolution! Picture this: you’re sitting at your desk, sipping coffee, and instead of typing an email, you just think it—bam, it’s done. Or maybe you’r ... Read More