We are pleased to introduce the next physician in our video series. Meet Dr. David Estin, one of our New Jersey affiliates. Meet Dr. David Estin from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this new series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay...

The Valley Hospital’s annual Golf Outing was held under sunny skies this past Monday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. There were 184 golfers who enjoyed lunch on the patio, a wonderful day of golf, putting and pink ball contests, and a silent auction during cocktails and dinner...

Always willing to help out, a few of our Docs played in the 2011 Golf Tournament for Denan at the Apple Ridge Country Club in Mahwah, New Jersey last week. Our golfers were...

Judi Thames, Patient Triage Coordinator for our New Jersey Affiliates is getting ready for the American Heart Association's Wall Street Walk/Run. She and her sister Jasmin have joined the Columbia Neurosurgery Team and will walk for health and family. "My late grandmother rebounded well from a...

Medical School: Graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2002 Residency: University of Vermont in affiliation with Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont, and Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.  Residency completed in July, 2009. Fellowship: Complex Spine...

Dorothea Altschul is an interventional neurologist with focus on acute neurological disease. She trained in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology in a two year clinical fellowship at NY Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons) in New York. Prior to that she completed...

Dr. Moise graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha and spent a year doing research in neuro-oncology.  He subsequently completed his Surgery Internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and his Neurological Surgery Residency and Chief...

Dr. Olson specializes in tumor resection within eloquent regions of the brain, performing awake surgery with intraoperative mapping. He also performs minimally invasive spine surgery, X-Stop interspinous implantation and a wide variety of neurosurgical procedures such as gamma knife and cyber knife...

Dr. Lustgarten founded and directs the Central New Jersey practice based in West Long Branch and at Monmouth Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center, and Jersey Shore University Medical Center. His interests include brain and pituitary tumors, image-guided surgery, spinal and disc surgery including...

Dr. Estin specializes in the treatment of brain tumors as well as spinal disorders.  He has particular expertise in the use of endoscopic techniques to remove pituitary tumors at the base of the brain through the nose with no incision.  He is well-versed in the use of advanced technology such as...