Brett Evan Youngerman, MD
Brett Evan Youngerman, MD
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About Brett Evan Youngerman, MD, MPH
Dr. Brett Youngerman treats patients with a variety of brain conditions, including movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, hemifacial spasm), epilepsy, brain tumors (glioma, meningioma, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors), hydrocephalus, chronic pain (trigeminal neuralgia, Chiari malformation), and treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He is experienced in minimally invasive techniques that aim to protect or improve brain function, including deep brain stimulation, responsive neurostimulation, laser ablation, robotic neurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, endoscopic neurosurgery, awake and asleep brain mapping, and computer-guided microsurgery.
Meet Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Is Deep Brain Stimulation right for your Parkinson's symptoms? DBS explained by Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Deep Brain Stimulation: Sooner or Later? featuring Dr. Brett Youngerman (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Laser Therapy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Laser Therapy for Other Types of Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Dr. Youngerman discusses Neuromodulation Devices for Epilepsy (VIDEO)
Laser Therapy for Epilepsy featuring Dr. Brett Youngerman (ARTICLE)
Board Certifications
- Neurological Surgery
Expertise
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS)
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
- Facial Nerve Disorders
- Facial Pain
- Functional Brain Mapping
- Gamma Knife
- Headaches
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hydrocephalus
- Microsurgery
- Microvascular Decompression
- Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Movement Disorder
- Neurobehavioral Disorders
- Neurostimulation
- Neurosurgery
- Parkinson's Disease
- Radiosurgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Second Opinion
- Seizures
- Stereotactic Neurosurgery
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Third Ventriculostomy
- Tremors
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
- Training: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
