Meet the Team Tiled
Meet the Neurosurgeons

Vijay Agarwal, MD
Neurological Surgery, Acoustic Schwannoma, Meningioma, Pituitary Adenoma, Primary Brain Tumor, Skull Base Tumor
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David J. Altschul, MD
Director of Neurovascular Surgery, Co-Director Montefiore Comprehensive Stroke Center
Neurological Surgery, Arterio-venous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Moyamoya, Stroke
Assistant Professor
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Nrupen Y. Baxi, MD
Director of Movement Disorders Surgery
Neurological Surgery, Chronic Pain, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parkinson Disease, Spinal Cord Stimulator , Spine Disease
Assistant Professor
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Mandana Behbahani, MD
Attending Physician
Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
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Celina Crisman, MD
Neurological Surgery, Acoustic Schwannoma, Astrocytoma, Benign Brain Tumor, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumor, Glioblastoma, Meningioma, Oligodendroglioma
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Emad N. Eskandar, MD, MBA
Chair of Neurological Surgery, Director of Epilepsy and Facial Pain Centers, David B. Keidan Chair of Neurological Surgery
Neurological Surgery, Brain Tumor, Dystonia, Epilepsy, Essential Tremor, Meningioma, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parkinson Disease, Trigeminal Neuralgia
Jeffrey P. Bergstein Chair in Neurological Surgery
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Eugene S. Flamm, MD
Past Chairman of Neurosurgery
Neurological Surgery, Arterio-venous Malformation, Benign Brain Tumor, Brain Aneurysm, Chiari Malformation, Meningioma
Professor of Neurosurgery
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Yaroslav Gelfand, MD
Neurological Surgery, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumors, Spine, Spine Disease
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Andrew J. Kobets, MD
Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor
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Patrick A. Lasala, MD
Neurological Surgery, Abdominal Imaging, Acoustic Schwannoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Epilepsy, Glioblastoma, Meningioma, Neuro-oncology, Oligodendroglioma
Associate Professor
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Saikiran Murthy, DO
Neurological Surgery, Minimally-invasive Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumors, Spine, Spine Disease
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Reza Yassari, MD
Chief, Division of Spinal Neurosurgery, Director, Neurosurgery Residency
Neurological Surgery, Minimally-invasive Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumors, Spine, Spine Disease
Professor of Neurosurgery
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