Meet the Team Tiled

Ira R. Abbott, MD

Acting Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Director, Surgical Neuro-Oncology, CHAM

Neurological Surgery, Pediatrics - Neurological Surgery, Craniofacial Reconstruction, Epilepsy, Hydrocephalus, Moyamoya, Pediatric Brain Tumor, Spasticity

Associate Professor

Vijay Agarwal, MD

Director of Montefiore Skull-Base Tumor Center

Neurological Surgery, Acoustic Schwannoma, Meningioma, Pituitary Adenoma, Primary Brain Tumor, Skull Base Tumor

Assistant Professor

David J. Altschul, MD

Director of Neurovascular Surgery, Co-Director Montefiore Comprehensive Stroke Center

Neurological Surgery, Arterio-venous Malformation, Brain Aneurysm, Stroke

Assistant Professor

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

Celina Crisman, MD

Neurological Surgery

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, Epilepsy, Meningioma, Parkinson Disease, Trigeminal Neuralgia

Jeffrey P. Bergstein Chair in Neurological Surgery

Eugene S. Flamm, MD

Past Chairman of Neurosurgery

Neurological Surgery, Arterio-venous Malformation, Benign Brain Tumor, Brain Aneurysm, Chiari Malformation, Meningioma

Professor of Neurosurgery

Yaroslav Gelfand, MD

Neurological Surgery

Neil Haranhalli, MD

Assistant Professor

Neurological Surgery

Andrew J. Kobets, MD

Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor

Patrick A. Lasala, MD

Vice Chair of Neurosurgery

Neurological Surgery, Acoustic Schwannoma, Astrocytoma, Brain Tumor, Epilepsy, Glioblastoma, Meningioma, Neuro-oncology, Oligodendroglioma

Associate Professor

Saikiran Murthy, DO

Neurological Surgery

Reza Yassari, MD

Chief, Division of Spinal Neurosurgery; Director, Neurosurgery Residency

Neurological Surgery, Minimally-invasive Spine Surgery, Spinal Deformity, Spinal Tumors, Spine Disease

Professor of Neurosurgery