Boston Medical Center – Brighton
Neurosurgery
Advanced Adult Neurosurgery and Spine Care
The Neurosurgery and Spine program offers surgical interventions and non-surgical management of brain and spine-related conditions, providing timely consultations for conditions in all areas of neurosurgery. We jointly manage patients who need vascular neurosurgery care or care for other neurological disorders such as stroke and head and spine trauma.
Locations and Contact
Our department offers services in multiple locations around the Greater Boston area. Explore all our locations to find the right contact information and directions for your next visit.
Our Team
Ekkehard M. Kasper, MD, DPhil
Chief Neurological Surgery; Neurocritical Care
Jeffrey Arle, MD, PhD
Neurological Surgery
Sharon Bassi, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management; Medical Director Spine Care
Paul Glazer, MD
Orthopedic Surgery
Harsha Gopal, MD
Ear, Nose, and Throat; Pituitary Program
Zhiheng Henry He, MD
Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition; Pituitary Program
Serdar Kaya, MD
Neurological Surgery
Zachary Tataryn, MD
Neurological Surgery
Irene Piryatinsky, PhD
Neurocognitive Assessments
Alice Comerford, NP
Physiatry
John Dejesus, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Nicholas Spitz, NP
Neurological Surgery
Lindsay Stanley, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Jasmine Thammalangsy, PA-C
Neurological Surgery
Noriko Tonomura, PA-C, PhD
Neurological Surgery, Orthopedics, Spine Surgery
Patient Information
- All types of cerebrovascular injuries and conditions
- Aneurysms
- Arterio-venous malformations
- Benign and malignant brain tumor
- Chiari malformation
- Complex skull base tumors
- Concussion and post traumatic brain injury
- Cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve schwannomas
- Degenerative spine conditions (e.g., slipped disc, spinal stenosis) of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine regions
- Dural AV-fistulas
- Epilepsy (all forms)
- Head pain syndromes (e.g., trigeminal neuralgia, pharyngeal neuralgia)
- Hydrocephalus
- Movement disorders (including Parkinson’s disease, tremors, and others)
- Pituitary tumors (e.g., adenomas, craniopharyngiomas)
- Spinal deformity or instability (e.g., spondylolisthesis or scoliosis)
- Spine infections
- Spine pain syndromes (e.g., failed back syndrome, intractable pain, CRPS)
- Traumatic spine conditions (e.g., vertebral compression or fractures)
- Vascular conditions (e.g., stroke, subdural and epidural hematomas, ICH)
- Minimally invasive techniques for the spine
- Discectomy (to address lower back hernias affecting the spinal cord)
- Disc replacement procedures.
- Decompressive spinal surgery (e.g., laminectomy to treat spinal stenosis)
- Complex spinal fusions and instrumentation
- Robotic spine surgeries
- All types of tumor related spine surgery
- Peripheral nerve repair
- Spinal cord stimulators and pain pumps