CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
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About Brett Evan Youngerman, MD, MPH
Dr. Brett Youngerman is a leading neurosurgeon specializing in minimally invasive brain surgery and advanced neuromodulation therapies. He is recognized for providing expert care to patients with complex brain and neurological disorders, combining technical precision with a patient-centered approach.
Conditions Treated: Dr. Youngerman's expertise includes pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, and brain tumors; drug-resistant epilepsy; movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and hemifacial spasm); cavernous malformations; adult hydrocephalus including Normal Pressure Hydroceph...
Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery
Expertise
- Acromegaly
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Tumor
- Cavernous Malformation
- Chiari Malformation
- Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS)
- Craniopharyngioma Surgery
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Dystonia
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery
- Endoscopic Neurosurgery
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorders
- Functional Brain Mapping
- Gamma Knife
- Headaches
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningioma
- Metastatic Brain Tumor
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Movement Disorders
- Neurostimulation
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pituitary Neoplasm
- Pituitary Tumors
- Radiosurgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Second Opinion
- Seizure Disorder
- Seizures
- Skull Base Surgery
- Skull Base Tumors
- Stereotactic Neurosurgery
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Third Ventriculostomy
- Tremors
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
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
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
- Co-Director of Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base Surgery at CUMC
- Director of the Clinical Informatics and Neuromodulation Lab at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- 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
Awards & Honors
- Avante-garde Health Research All-Stars (2025)
- Best Research Abstract, Neurosurgical Society of America (2025)
- Super Doctors Rising Stars (since 2021)
- Young Investigator Award, American Epilepsy Society (2021)
- Patient Oriented Research Scholarship, Columbia University (2016)
- Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, Columbia University (2010)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2012)
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
- Co-Director of Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base Surgery at CUMC
- Director of the Clinical Informatics and Neuromodulation Lab at CUMC
Board Certifications
- neurological surgery