Our Physicians
Faculty of Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
Leadership
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Raj K. Narayan, MD, FACS
Chair, Neurosurgery
North Shore University Hospital and
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Director, Cushing Neuroscience Institute
Senior Vice President, Neurosurgery
Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Center
Director, Hyperhidrosis Center
Professor of Neurosurgery -
Ronald Kanner, MD, FAAN, FACP
Chair, Neurology
North Shore University Hospital and
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Professor of Neurology
All Physicians
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Andrew R. Adesman, MD
Chief, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s
Medical Center of New York -
Bhupinder S. Anand, MD
Director, Video EEG/Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Southside Hospital -
Karen S. Black, MD
Chief, Division of Neuroradiology
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine -
Karen Blitz, DO
Director, Neurorehabilitation
Glen Cove Hospital
Director, Multiple Sclerosis Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Paolo Bolognese, MD
Associate Director, The Chiari Institute
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
David J. Chalif, MD, FACS
Chief, Neurovascular Neurosurgery
North Shore University Hospital
Co-Director, Brain Aneurysm Center
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery -
Li-Fen Chen, MD
Board Certified Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Peter Costantino, MD, FACS
Senior Vice President,
Head and Neck Surgery Service Line
Director, Center for Cranial Base Surgery
NYHNI at Lenox Hill Hospital-MEETH -
Celine Rahman DeMatteo, MD
Attending Neurointensivist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Alexis M. Demopoulos, MD
Director, Neuro-Oncology
Brain Tumor Center
Assistant Professor, Neurology -
Robert A. Duarte, MD
Director, Pain Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
David Eidelberg, MD
Director, Center for Neurosciences
Director, Udall Center for Parkinson’s
Disease Research, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Founding Director, Movement Disorders Center and Susan and Leonard Feinstein Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience -
Mark B. Eisenberg, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Director, Skull Base Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
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Adam L. Evans, MD
Attending Neuroradiologist
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Peter M. Farmer, MD
Attending Pathologist
Associate Professor of Pathology -
Zipora Fefer, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s
Medical Center of New York -
Andrew Feigin, MD
Director, Experimental Therapeutics Unit
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Center for Neurosciences
Associate Director
General Clinical Research Center
Professor, Molecular Medicine and Neurology -
Douglas K. Frank, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Co-Director, The Center for Head and Neck Oncology
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Molecular Medicine
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Shital Mayank Gandhi, MBBS
Attending Radiologist
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Maged M. Ghaly, MD
Attending Physician
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Lawrence R. Glassman, MD, FACS
Chief, Thoracic Surgery , North Shore University Hospital and
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery -
Marc L. Gordon, MD, FAAN
Chief, Neurology
Zucker Hillside Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
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Alyson H. Gutman, MD
Developmental and Behavioral
Pediatrician
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics -
Cynthia L. Harden, MD
Chief, Division of Epilepsy and Electroencephalography
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center
Professor of Neurology -
Peter Hollis, MD, FACS
Chief, Neurosurgery
Franklin Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Ruee Huang, MD
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
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Sean T. Hwang, MD
Attending Neurologist, Epileptologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology
LIJ Medical Center Site Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Program -
Salvatore Insinga, DO
Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, Southside Hospital
Director, Neurosurgery, Eastern Sector
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery -
Gregory Kapinos, MD, MS
Attending Neurointensivist
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Jeffrey M. Katz, MD
Co-Director, Stroke Center
Chief, Vascular Neurology
Department of Neurology
Director, Stroke Center and Stroke Unit
Attending, Interventional Neuroradiology
North Shore University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Jonathan P. Knisely, MD
Chief and Co-Director for Radiosurgery and
Stereotactic Radiation Therapy, Radiation Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Associate Professor, Radiation Medicine -
Roger W. Kula, MD, FAAN
Medical Director, The Chiari Institute
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery -
Josiane M. LaJoie, MD
Chief, Pediatric Epilepsy
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
Assistant Professor of Neurology
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David J. Langer, MD
Director, Neurosurgery
Lenox Hill Hospital
Director, Moyamoya Center of New York
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery -
Ahmad Latefi, DO
Attending Neurosurgeon
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
David LeDoux, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care
North Shore University Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Mitchell E. Levine, MD
Chief, Spinal Neurosurgery
Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital
Director, Spine Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Jian Yi (Jim) Li, MD, PhD
Director, Neuropathology
Co-Director, Neuropathology
Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology -
Danny Liang, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
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Richard Libman, MD, FRCP(C)
Vice Chair, Neurology
Chief, Vascular Neurology
Co-Director, Stroke Center
Director, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Professor of Neurology -
Aviva Lubin, MD
Associate Stroke Director
Center for Stroke and Neuro-endovascular Surgery
Lenox Hill Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurology
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Rick Madhok, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery
Nassau University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Paul J. Mattis, PhD, ABPP-cn
Director, Neuropsychology
Associate Director of Training, Neuropsychology Track
Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Neurology -
Joseph Maytal, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Director, Neurophysiology Lab
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Pediatrics -
Ashesh Mehta, MD, PhD
Director, Neurosurgery, Glen Cove Hospital
Director, Epilepsy Surgery
Assistant Investigator, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery -
David Meryash, MD
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Fellowship Director, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Associate Professor, Pediatrics -
Ruth L. Milanaik, DO
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics -
Mark A. Mittler, MD, FACS, FAAP
Co-Director
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s
Medical Center of New York
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Tina Mathias Narayan, MD
Consulting Pediatric Neurologist
Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York -
Mansoor Nasim, MD, PhD, FCAP
Attending Pathologist
Co-Director,
Neuropathology Service Division -
Martin Niethammer, MD, PhD
Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Rafael Ortiz, MD
Director, Neuro-Endovascular Surgery and Stroke
Lenox Hill Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Radiology and Neurosurgery
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M. Chris Overby, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Helen Papaioannou, MD
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York -
Shalini Patcha, MD
Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Allamprabhu S. Patil, MBBS, MD
Attending Neurointensivist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Shaheda A. Quraishi, MD
Attending Physiatrist
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation -
Harold L. Rekate, MD, FACS, FAAP
Director, The Chiari Institute
Director, Hypothalamic Hamartoma Center
Professor of Neurosurgery -
Steven A. Rosen, MD, MBA
Medical Director
Cushing Neuroscience Institute
Southside Hospital -
Noah Rosen, MD
Director, Headache Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Lyubov Rubin, MD
Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Benjamin Eli Saltman, MD
Division, Head and Neck Surgery
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology -
B. Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS
Associate Chair, Department of
Otolaryngology and
Communicative Disorders
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Otolaryngology -
Sarah Schaffer, PhD, ABPP-cn
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Steven Schneider, MD, FACS, FAAP
Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgical Services
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery -
Michael Schulder, MD, FAANS
Vice Chair and Residency Program Director, Neurosurgery
Director, Brain Tumor Center
Co-Director, Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
Vice Chair and Professor, Neurosurgery -
Guy Schwartz, MD
Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Avi Setton, MD
Chief, Interventional Neuroradiology
North Shore University Hospital
Co-Director, Brain Aneurysm Center
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery -
Musarat Shareeff, MD
Chief, Neurology
Director, Stroke
Huntington Hospital
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Mark J. Shikowitz, MD, MBA, FACS
Vice Chairman, Otolaryngology
Professor of Otolaryngology -
Beth M. Silverstein, DO
Board Certified Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Robin Errol Smith, MD
Attending Pediatric Neurologist
Director, Pediatric Neurology Training Program
Associate Professor of Neurology -
Scott J. Stevens, MD
Attending Neurologist, Epileptologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Neurology Clerkship Director -
Rose Marrie Yu Sy-kho, MD
Attending Pediatric Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology -
Santo Primo Terranova, DO
Attending Neurologist, Hospitalist
Assistant Professor of Neurology -
Dennis Thornton, PhD
Attending Psychologist
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry -
S. Murthy Vishnubhakat, MD
Vice Chair, Neurology
North Shore University Hospital
Director, Neurophysiology Lab
Director, Nerve Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Neurology -
Rona F. Woldenberg, MD
Attending Neuroradiologist
Assistant Dean for Admissions
Associate Professor of Radiology
U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2012-13
North Shore University Hospital ranked among the nation’s Top 50 for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
2013 America's Top Doctors®
CNI Physicians Named in 2013 Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors.
2012 Patients' Choice Awards
Cushing Neuroscience Institute Physicians Named as Recipients of the 2012 Patients’ Choice Awards!
The Movewell Program
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