DaniJude
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Member since 11/06 14815 total posts
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Danielle
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Re: Need recommendation for a Neuro-Oncologist and/or Neurosurgeon
My brother had two fantastic surgeons when he was hurt.
I remember the County Executive and Commissioner telling me they told the President of the hospital that they wanted the best and that they would fly them in if they had to b/c, at that point, his life literally depended on it. The President, without hesitation, said Dr. Ashesh Mehta and Dr. Salvatore Insinga of North Shore/LIJ Manhasset. They saved his life and the brilliance of these two men - it's just amazing
Dr. Ashesh Mehta
Specialty for Dr. Ashesh Mehta: Neurological Surgery
Address for Dr. Ashesh Mehta
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
27005 76th Ave
New Hyde Park, NY
Specialty Medical Center at Forest Hills
6860 Austin St Ste 402
Forest Hills, NY
Dr. Ashesh D. Mehta practices neurosurgery in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Mehta graduated with an MD 12 years ago.
Specialties:
•Neurosurgery
NeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is surgery of the nervous system. A neurological surgeon, or neurosurgeon, is a specialist who is trained in surgery of the nervous system, and can perform surgery on the brain, spinal cord, or other parts of the nervous system. This specialist is sometimes called a brain surgeon. The neurosurgeon also works with patients to diagnose, evaluate, and treat diseases or disorders of the nervous system, and aids in critical care of patients before, during and after surgery.
Procedures Performed:
•Brain surgery
•Cervical disc surgery
•Craniotomy
•Degenerative disc surgery
•Epilepsy surgery
Hydrocephalus Surgery (Water On The Brain)
Microdiscectomy
Neurological surgery
Spinal fusion
Spinal instrumentation
Spinal surgery
Transsphenoidal surgery
Vagal nerve stimulator calibration
Vagus nerve stimulator management
Conditions Treated:
•Brain cancer
•Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Wrist Pain)
•Craniospinal trauma
•Cushing's syndrome
•Degenerative disc disease
Hydrocephalus (Water On The Brain)
Seizures
Spinal fractures
Spinal stenosis
Spine (Back) Diseases & Disorders
Spine cancer
Temporal lobe seizure
Tic douloureux
Trigeminal neuralgia
State License:
•New York
Years Since Graduation:12
Bio:
Ashesh Mehta, MD Director of Epilepsy Surgery at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Long Island Jewish Medical Center Ashesh Mehta, MD, PhD joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in 2006 and is the Director of Epilepsy Surgery at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center located at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Mehta received his MD and PhD in Neuroscience from Albert Einstein College of Medicine as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program. Dr. Mehta completed his residency in neurosurgery at Cornell University-New York Presbyterian Hospital and has sub-specialty training in neuro-oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in epilepsy surgery from New York University Medical Center.Dr. Mehta has authored numerous articles for medical journals and book chapters in neurosurgery, neurophysiology and epilepsy surgery, and has been featured on national television as an expert in epilepsy surgery. He has presented his research and clinical findings at international meetings and has received NIH funding to continue basic science research at North Shore-LIJ towards the development of innovative therapies for epilepsy. Dr. Mehta is an active member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, American Association of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Society for Neuroscience and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors. �© North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System serves the New York counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Staten Island
It is amazing what you can find with a simple search 
Best of luck - Hope this helps you 
Put it this way, there's no one on this earth I would trust my brain with aside from Dr. Mehta and his side-kick Dr. Insinga. They were like Batman and Clark Kent (if you ever meet Dr. Insinga you'll see why I call him Clark Kent).
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CunningOne
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Member since 5/05 26975 total posts
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Re: Need recommendation for a Neuro-Oncologist and/or Neurosurgeon
Thank you so much!!! I am so happy to have someone to look into that comes recommended. I never thought I'd be looking for a brain surgeon (it's not for me, but a family member)..... We want to see at least 2 asap to find out the next step - we found one at NYU we hope to see this week.
Now off to check to see if they take our insurance. That's the trouble we've been running into too... 
Message edited 2/27/2011 10:59:04 PM.
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