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Michael H. Brisman, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon who is proficient in adult neurological surgery, specializing in stereotactic and radiosurgery techniques for the treatment of brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.

Dr. Brisman practices with Neurological Surgery, P.C. in Great Neck, NY, which he joined in 1998. He is the past president of the Nassau County Medical Society. He also serves on the New York State Neurosurgical Society's board of directors and was founder and president of the Leslie Munzer Neurological Institute of Long Island in Port Jefferson Station, NY. In August 2012, Dr. Brisman was honored by the Friends of Mercy Medical Center in recognition of his "generous ongoing support" of fundraising events for the Rockville Centre, NY-based facility.

Dr. Brisman received his undergraduate degree with high honors in Biology from Harvard University and his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then completed a General Surgery Internship and Neurological Surgery Residency at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Following his training, Dr. Brisman joined Neurological Surgery, P.C., currently the largest private practice neurosurgical group on Long Island, NY. In 2002, Dr. Brisman was appointed Co-Medical Director of the Long Island Gamma Knife and Chief of Surgical Neuro-Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY. Since then, Dr. Brisman has performed over 600 Gamma Knife surgeries on patients with brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).

In 2005 he was appointed Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, NY. Since the arrival of New York’s first Cyberknife at Winthrop University Hospital, Dr. Brisman also offers radiosurgery treatments for tumors of the spine and spinal cord.

In 2012, together with colleagues Dr. Stephen D. Burstein and Dr. William J. Sonstein, Dr. Brisman founded the New York Health Care Association (NYHCA), to support policy positions and legislation that support meaningful transparency, choice, and coverage in New York health insurance plans.

Dr. Brisman has published numerous chapters and articles in professional journals.