Michael H. Brisman, M.D., F.A.C.S., is
a Board Certified Neurosurgeon who is proficient
in adult neurological surgery. He specializes in
stereotactic and radiosurgery techniques for the
treatment of brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr. Brisman received his undergraduate degree with high
honors in Biology from Harvard University and his medical
degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He then completed a General Surgery Internship and Neurological
Surgery Residency at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York City. He was appointed Chief Resident in his final
year of residency.
Following his training, Dr. Brisman joined Neurological
Surgery, P.C., a private practice neurosurgical group in
Nassau County. In 2002, Dr. Brisman was appointed Co-Medical
Director of the Long Island Gamma Knife and Chief of Surgical
Neuro-Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in
Oceanside. Since then, Dr. Brisman has performed over 350
Gamma Knife surgeries on patients with brain tumors, trigeminal
neuralgia, and arteriovenous malformations (AVM's).
In 2005 he was appointed Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery
and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute at Winthrop
University Hospital in Mineola. With the arrival this Fall
of New York's first Cyberknife at Winthrop University Hospital,
Dr. Brisman will now also be offering radiosurgery treatments
for tumors of the spine and spinal cord.
Dr. Brisman serves on the Board of Directors of the International
Radiosurgery Support Association (IRSA), and the New York
State Neurosurgical Society. He has authored numerous articles
and book chapters in the field of neurosurgery. Dr. Brisman
is also the Chairman of the Communications and Media Committee
of the Nassau County Medical Society (NCMS) and the Managing
Editor of The Bulletin, a quarterly publication of the
NCMS.

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Health Care Hero
Michael Brisman,
MD was honored at LI
Business News' Health Care Heroes
Awards Breakfast as a Community
Outreach Hero. (oct 2007)
Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery
Michael H.
Brisman, MD is Chief of the Division
of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Neurosciences
Institute at Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola,
New York. ...more |