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ROCKVILLE CENTRE and MINEOLA, NY – Mark Menniti Stecker, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at Winthrop-University Hospital, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian J. Snyder, M.D., to Director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery.  Dr. Snyder is affiliated with NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC)

“I congratulate Dr. Snyder on his appointments,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chief Executive Officer, NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC)  “Their elevation to these critical positions at Winthrop-University Hospital is further evidence that our practice’s neurosurgeons provide university-level care, right here on Long Island.”

Brian J. SnyderM.D., is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, tremor and dystonia, epilepsy and refractory pain syndromes. Dr. Snyder is an expert in deep brain stimulation (DBS) utilizing microelectrode recording, vagal nerve stimulation (VNS), and procedures for mapping, recording, and identifying seizure foci in the brain and the surgical resection of these foci, as well as spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, occipital nerve stimulation and intrathecal pump placement.

Dr. Snyder received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine where he was honored as AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society).

At Mount Sinai School of Medicine he served as an intern in general surgery and advanced to a resident in neurological surgery and then chief resident in neurological surgery. Following this he pursued a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery under Dr. Andres Lozano at the Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto. He has also obtained certification in both Gamma Knife® and CyberKnife® radiosurgery.

Dr. Snyder has published and presented extensively on fields in functional neurosurgery. His papers and presentations include works on surgery for primary dystonia, seizure outcomes associated with cavernous malformations, deep brain stimulation for depression and Parkinson’s disease as well as Gamma Knife treatment for tremor.

As a resident and fellow he was active in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He was elected to the Young Neurosurgeons Committee and subsequently was elected to serve as the liaison from the Young Neurosurgeons Committee to the executive committee of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.