JONATHAN L. BRISMAN, M.D.
Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. is a Neurosurgeon who specializes in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular surgery. He is one of an estimated 70 neurosurgeons nationally trained in both microneurosurgery and endovascular techniques and the first dual-trained endovascular neurosurgeon on Long Island.

Dr. Brisman received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude in History and Science from Harvard University and his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then completed a General Surgery Internship and Neurosurgical Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital serving as Chief Resident there in 2002. Dr. Brisman completed an Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City under Dr. Alejandro Berenstein and a Microvascular Neurosurgical Fellowship at Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington under Drs. David Newell and Marc Mayberg. Dr. Brisman received the American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2001 Resident Award for basic science work on experimental models of radiosurgery.

Before joining Neurological Surgery, P.C. Dr. Brisman served as the Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey. Over a two year period  Dr. Brisman performed many successful surgeries on patients with brain aneurysms (clipping and coiling), brain AVMs (embolization, surgical excision, radiosurgery), carotid disease (endarterectomy and stenting), and acute stroke (MERCI retrieval, intraarterial thrombolysis). Dr. Brisman also has a special interest in extracranial-intracranial vascular bypass for aneurysms and stroke.

Dr. Brisman has published more than 28 articles in peer-reviewed neurosurgery journals on the treatment of  Vascular/Skull Base conditions, Epilepsy/Radiosurgery, and General Neurosurgery.  He has also written book chapters on Carotid Artery Disease, and Neurointerventional Treatment of Vasospasm. He is the lead author of the chapter on cerebral aneurysms in the popular web-based medical information site “eMedicine” (www.emedicine.com). The New England Journal of Medicine published his article “Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms” on August 31, 2006.   

Dr. Brisman is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgery/Congress of Neurological Surgery Cerebrovascular Surgery Section. He served as a Board Member, Credentialing Committee for Cervico-cranial Angiography and Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting at JFK Medical Center, Edison, N.J. He is Co-Chairman of the Medical Board of Directors of the AVM and Neurological Research Fund (www.avmresearchfund.org), a Foundation supporting neurological research, education, and outreach for patients and families with AVMs of the nervous system. He is an ad hoc reviewer for Neurosurgery, American Journal of Neuroradiology, International Journal of Radiation Biology, and Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.

Articles Written

THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(august 31 2006)
Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms
J.L. Brisman, J.K. Song, and D.W. Newell
http://nejm.org