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Named Director Of Neurosurgery At Winthrop
Dr. Brisman is one of a select group of neurosurgeons nationwide to receive training in both microneurosurgery and endovascular techniques. He is skilled in endovascular coiling for the treatment of brain aneurysms, a less invasive procedure than craniotomy, which involves open surgery in which the brain must be retracted. Endovascular coiling involves the insertion of a small catheter into the femoral artery of a patient's leg and navigating it through the vascular system, into the head and then the aneurysm. Small platinum coils are threaded through the catheter to the site of the aneurysm, where they block blood flow and prevent rupturing. Advantages to patients include less discomfort, smaller incisions, fewer risks, shorter hospital stays and a shorter recovery time. Dr. Brisman also specializes in aneurysm clipping, an alternative treatment to endovascular coiling which involves the opening of the skull to place a small clip across the base or neck of the aneurysm in order to block blood flow. He is also trained in advanced procedures to treat brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM), carotid disease and acute stroke. Dr. Brisman joins Winthrop from the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, where he served as the Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then went on to complete an internship in General Surgery and a Neurosurgical Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident, followed by an Interventional Neurosurgical Fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital in New York under the leadership of Dr. Alejandro Berenstein, a pioneer in the field of interventional neuroradiology. In 2005, Dr. Brisman completed a Microvascular Neurosurgical Fellowship at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington, where he learned how to perform vascular bypass techniques used to treat patients with complex aneurysms and certain types of stroke associated with vessel occlusions in the neck or brain. A recipient of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2001 Resident Award for basic science work on experimental models of radiosurgery, Dr. Brisman has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed neurosurgery journals and is the author of an article on "Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms" in the New England Journal of Medicine. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgery and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He serves as Co-Chairman of the Medical Board of Directors of the AVM and Neurological Research Fund. Physicians in Winthrop's Institute for Neurosciences are pioneering the use of technologically advanced approaches for diagnosis and treatment, including computerized imaging systems, state-of-the-art surgical interventions and the latest generation of medication therapies. The Institute for Neurosciences includes an expert stroke team - available 24 hours a day, seven days a week - and a separate, dedicated specially staffed of the art Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. The Hospital's NYS-designated Primary Stroke Center was recently awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Silver Performance Achievement Award for its success in providing superior care to stroke patients. For additional information on Winthrop's Institute for Neurosciences, please call 1-866-WINTHROP.
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