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.
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.
Jonathan Brisman, M.D. Named in New York Magazine Best Doctors List
Dr. J. Brisman – Beyond Vascular Neurosurgery Newsletter – Spring 2017
Dr. J. Brisman – Beyond Vascular Neurosurgery Newsletter – Spring 2021
The New England Journal of Medicine, “Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms,” 8/31/2006
Carotid Blowout Requires Life-Saving Intervention
Unusual Indication for Carotid Stenting Over Endarterectomy
Hydrocephalus and Brainstem Tumor
Indirect EDAS Revascularization Treats Moya-Moya Syndrome
Carotid Cavernous Fistula (CCF)
Spinal Dural Fistula Causing Myelopathy & Incontinence: Reversal After Endovascular Embolization
Spinal Embolization Treats Aggressive Compressive T3 Vertebral Body Hemangioma
Symptomatic Near-Occlusion of the Carotid Artery
Young College Student With Severe Headache And A Large Intracerebral Bleed
Sudden Coma While Receiving Physical Therapy
