Alexander D. Ramos, MD, PhD

Neurological Surgery
5.0 stars out of five. |31 ratings
Specialties
Neurological Surgery, morespecialties

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CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York

710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Local 32BJ
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Alexander D. Ramos, MD, PhD


Dr. Ramos is a fellowship-trained endovascular neurosurgeon. He dedicates his practice to diseases of the cerebrovascular system and diseases treated with minimally invasive image-guided procedures. His expertise includes brain hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, venous sinus stenosis, vertebral body fractures, and stroke. He obtained his MD and PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, completed his neurosurgical residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell medical center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and completed additional fellowship training at Weill Cornell. His research focuses on developing new techniques for the delivery of therapeutics to the central nervous system.

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Acute Stroke
  • Aneurysm
  • Aneurysm Endovascular Surgery
  • Aneurysm Repair
  • Aneurysms
  • Angioplasty, Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm
  • Arterial Aneurysm Repair
  • Arterial Embolization
  • Arterial Stenting
  • Arterial Stents
  • Arteriograms
  • Arteriovenous Fistula
  • Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
  • Basilar Artery Stenosis
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Aneurysm Surgery
  • Carotid Artery Disease
  • Carotid Artery Stenosis
  • Carotid Artery Surgery
  • Carotid Body Tumors
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Cavernous Malformation
  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Cerebral Ischemia
  • Cerebral Vascular Disease
  • Cerebrovascular Disease
  • Cerebrovascular Malformation
  • Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery
  • Coil Embolization
  • Coil Embolization of Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Diagnostic Angiography
  • Dural Arteriovenous Fistula (dAVF)
  • Dural Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Embolization
  • Embolization of Intracranial AV Malformation
  • Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
  • Endovascular Aneurysm Therapy
  • Endovascular Neurosurgery
  • Endovascular Surgery
  • Headaches
  • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
  • Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Interventional Radiology Procedure
  • Interventional Vascular Procedure
  • Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy
  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • Intracranial Aneurysm
  • Intracranial Aneurysm Repair
  • Intracranial Hematoma
  • Intracranial Hemorrhage
  • Intracranial Hypotension
  • Intracranial Stenosis
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) Stenosis
  • Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Repair
  • Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • Moyamoya Syndrome
  • Neurovascular Disease
  • Pediatric Aneurysms
  • Presurgical Tumor Embolization
  • Pulsatile Tinnitus
  • Second Opinion
  • Spinal Vascular Malformation
  • Stroke
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemia
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tumor Embolization
  • Vascular Malformations
  • Vascular Neurosurgery
  • Vascular Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Venous Sinus Stenting
  • Vertebroplasty

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at CUMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Patient Experience Rating


Current combined Rating
5.0 stars out of five. |31 ratings
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  2. Did the provider listen carefully to you?
  3. Did this provider show respect for what you had to say?
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