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
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Tumor
- Carotid Body Tumors
- Cavernous Malformation
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak
- Chiari Malformation
- Colloid Cysts
- Communicating Hydrocephalus
- Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS)
- Congenital Hydrocephalus
- Congenital Malformations of the Brain
- Craniopharyngioma
- Craniopharyngioma Surgery
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Cutaneous Neurofibroma
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Dermoid Cyst
- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
- Dystonia
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery
- Endoscopic Neurosurgery
- Ependymoma
- Epidermoid Tumors
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
- Essential Tremor
- Facial Nerve Disorders
- Functional Brain Mapping
- Gamma Knife
- Germ Cell Tumors
- Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Glioma
- Headaches
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Intracranial Hypotension
- Intraventricular Brain Tumors
- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Lipoma
- Low Grade Glioma
- Malignant Meningioma
- Medulloblastoma
- Meningioma
- Metastatic Brain Tumor
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Movement Disorders
- Neurofibroma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurostimulation
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- Oligodendroglioma
- Optic Pathway Glioma
- Orbital Tumor
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pineal Cyst
- Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
- Pineal Tumors
- Pineocytoma/Pineoblastoma
- Pituitary Neoplasm
- Pituitary Tumors
- Radiosurgery
- Rathke's Cleft Cyst
- Recurrent Meningioma
- Robotic Surgery
- Schwannoma of the Brain
- Schwannomatosis
- Second Opinion
- Seizure Disorder
- Seizures
- Skull Base Surgery
- Skull Base Tumors
- Skull Lesion
- Stereotactic Neurosurgery
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Subdural Hematoma
- Subependymal Giant Cell Tumor (SEGA)
- Subependymoma
- Tectal Glioma
- Teratoma
- Third Ventriculostomy
- Tremors
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Trigeminal Schwannoma
- Vagal Nerve Stimulators
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
NYP Articles & Features
Long-term Outcomes of Laser Ablation Therapy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Advances•February 28, 2024