Brett Evan Youngerman, MD Specialties: Neurological Surgery
Address
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Oxford Health Plans
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
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)
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
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 Disorder
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
Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery