Jonathan Brisman M.D., F.A.C.S.

About Dr. Brisman

Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D, is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon who specializes in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular conditions, including brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), carotid stenosis, and stroke. He is one of about 100 neurosurgeons nationally, trained in both endovascular and micro-neurosurgical techniques and the first endovascular neurosurgeon on Long Island.

Dr. Brisman was the first neurosurgeon on Long Island to coil a cerebral aneurysm and the first physician in Nassau County to place an intracranial, FDA-approved stent for atherosclerotic disease. He is currently the Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at both Winthrop-University Hospital and South Nassau Communities Hospital.

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 Neurosurgical Resident in his final year. Dr. Brisman completed an interventional neuroradiology fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City under Alejandro Berenstein, MD, and a microvascular neurosurgical fellowship at Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington, under Drs. David Newell and Marc Mayberg.

Before joining NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery, Dr. Brisman served as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Seton Hall University, and as Director, Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Services at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey.

Dr. Brisman has published more than 37 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, Intracranial Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Malformation, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Vasospasm.

The New England Journal of Medicine published his article, entitled “Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms,” on August 31, 2006.

Dr. Brisman is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association 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, NJ. He is the only neurosurgeon on the editorial board of the American Journal of Neuroradiology and an ad hoc reviewer for Neurosurgery, International Journal of Radiation Biology, and Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.

Dr. Brisman has been selected as a Castle Connolly “Top Doctor: New York Metro Area” from 2012-2021. In addition, he has been included in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” listing from 2013-2020. Dr. Brisman was the only neurosurgeon from Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties to be recognized as one of the magazine’s “Best Doctors” in 2018 and 2019.”

Dr. Brisman is affiliated with several hospitals on Long Island, including NYU Winthrop.

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NYU Winthrop Hospital259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501
Mount Sinai South Nassau HospitalOne Healthy Way, Oceanside, NY 11572
Mercy Medical Center1000 North Village Ave, Rockville Centre, NY 11571
North Shore University Hospital300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030
Plainview Hospital888 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY 11803
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream900 Franklin Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580
Glen Cove Hospital101 St Andrews Lane, Glen Cove, NY 11542
Long Island Jewish Medical Center270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
St. Francis Hospital100 Port Washington Blvd, Roslyn, NY 11576
St. Joseph Hospital4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY 11714

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