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Brett Evan Youngerman, MD
Locations and Appointments
New PatientsCUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
About Brett Evan Youngerman, MD, MPH
Dr. Brett Youngerman treats patients with a variety of brain conditions, including movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, hemifacial spasm), epilepsy, brain tumors (glioma, meningioma, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors), hydrocephalus, chronic pain (trigeminal neuralgia, Chiari malformation), and treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He is experienced in minimally invasive techniques that aim to protect or improve brain function, including deep brain stimulation, responsive neurostimulation, laser ablation, robotic neurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, endoscopic neurosurgery, awake and asleep brain mapping, and computer-guided microsurgery.
Meet Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Is Deep Brain Stimulation right for your Parkinson's symptoms? DBS explained by Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Deep Brain Stimulation: Sooner or Later? featuring Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Laser Therapy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Laser Therapy for Other Types of Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Neuromodulation Devices for Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Laser Therapy for Epilepsy featuring Dr. Brett Youngerman (ARTICLE)
Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery
Expertise
Benign Essential Tremor
Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS)
Craniofacial Abnormalities
Deep Brain Stimulation
Dystonia
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Surgery
Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
Facial Nerve Disorders
Facial Pain
Functional Brain Mapping
Gamma Knife
Headaches
Hemifacial Spasm
Hydrocephalus
Microsurgery
Microvascular Decompression
Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Movement Disorders
Neurobehavioral Disorders
Neurostimulation
Neurosurgery
Parkinson's Disease
Radiosurgery
Robotic Surgery
Second Opinion
Seizures
Stereotactic Neurosurgery
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Third Ventriculostomy
Tremors
Education
Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical Center
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Neurological Institute of New York – NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Cente
Training: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency: Neurological Institute of New York – NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Cente
- Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Training: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery