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Jeffrey N Bruce, MD

Neurological Surgery
4.9 stars out of five. |41 ratings
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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
  • 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
  • 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 Jeffrey N Bruce, MD


Dr. Bruce is a leading authority on complex tumors of the brain and skull base. He leads a multidisciplinary effort as Co-Director of the Brain Tumor Center and Director of Skull Base Surgery specializing in the surgical treatment of gliomas, meningiomas, pituitary tumors, skull base tumors, craniopharyngiomas and pineal tumors. His surgical expertise includes extensive experience with minimally invasive techniques and stereotactic surgery as well as surgical alternatives such as radiosurgery. This broad expertise allows treatment to be tailored and optimized for individual patients according to their needs.

As Co-Director of the Brain Tumor Center, Dr. Bruce leads an NIH-funded translational brain tumor research effort with interests in immunotherapy and drug delivery systems. In addition to his laboratory research interests, he is actively involved in experimental clinical protocols for the treatment of brain tumors.

Dr. Bruce's special interests include Brain Tumors, Skull Base Tumors, Pituitary Tumors and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.

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Board Certifications

  • Neurological Surgery

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Acromegaly
  • Anaplastic Astrocytoma
  • Astrocytoma
  • Brain Cancer
  • Brain Stem Glioma
  • Brain Tumor
  • Chordoma
  • Craniopharyngioma Surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Cushing's Syndrome
  • Endoscopic Brain Surgery
  • Endoscopic Neurosurgery
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
  • Glioblastoma
  • Glioblastoma Multiforme
  • Glioma
  • Head & Neck Tumors
  • High Grade Glioma
  • Low Grade Glioma
  • Malignant Meningioma
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Meningioma
  • Metastatic Brain Tumor
  • Microsurgery
  • Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor
  • Neurofibroma
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Ophthalmic Tumors
  • Optic Pathway Glioma
  • Orbital Tumor
  • Pineal Cyst
  • Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
  • Pineal Tumors
  • Pineocytoma/Pineoblastoma
  • Pituitary Neoplasm
  • Pituitary Tumors
  • Radiosurgery
  • Rathke's Cleft Cyst
  • Recurrent Meningioma
  • Schwannoma of the Brain
  • Schwannomatosis
  • Skull Base Surgery
  • Skull Base Tumors
  • Skull Lesion
  • Stereotactic Neurosurgery
  • Subependymal Giant Cell Tumor (SEGA)
  • Subependymoma
  • Tectal Glioma
  • Teratoma
  • Tumor Resection

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine
  • Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Fellowship: National Institutes of Health

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Edgar M. Housepian Professor of Neurological Surgery Research at the Columbia University Medical Center
  • Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs
  • Director, Bartoli Brain Tumor Research Laboratory
  • Co-Director, Brain Tumor Center

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Patient Experience Rating


Current combined Rating
4.9 stars out of five. |41 ratings
The Patient Experience Star Rating represents how patients feel about the quality of their interaction with their Columbia provider during an office visit. This rating is derived from patient answers to four questions on a standardized experience survey, which is sent out to verified patients and administered by an independent third-party, Qualtrics. Responses are scored and converted to a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest rating.
  1. Did the provider explain things in a way that was easy to understand?
  2. Did the provider listen carefully to you?
  3. Did this provider show respect for what you had to say?
  4. How would you rate the provider on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the best possible rating?

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