Dr. Jonathan L. Brisman M.D., F.A.C.S.
Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D, F.A.C.S. is a board-certified neurosurgeon who is expert in treating variety of adult degenerative disorders of the spine, including lumbar and cervical disc disease, spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis. He also has extensive experience in treating patients with Chiari Malformations, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), and all cerebrovascular and endovascular conditions.
Dr. Brisman received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in History and Science from Harvard University and his medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then completed a general surgery internship and neurosurgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, serving as Chief Neurosurgical Resident in his final year. Dr. Brisman went to complete an interventional neuroradiology fellowship at Roosevelt Hospital in New York, NY, under Alejandro Berenstein, MD, and a microvascular neurosurgical fellowship at Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington, under Drs. Marc Mayberg and David Newell.
Dr. Brisman has had nearly 50 articles published in peer-reviewed neurosurgery journals. On August 31, 2006, The New England Journal of Medicine published his article, entitled “Medical Progress: Cerebral Aneurysms.”
Dr. Brisman is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the American Association of Neurological Surgery/Congress of Neurological Surgery (AANS), Cerebrovascular Surgery Section.
Dr. Brisman regularly collaborates with an experienced orthopedic spine surgeon to provide adult patients with operative care for complex spinal conditions. He routinely performs his surgeries at Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell in Manhattan and NYU Langone on Long Island and in Manhattan, and at several Catholic Health System (CHS) hospitals on Long Island, including St. Francis Hospital and Mercy Medical Center in particular. He recently founded Manhattan -based Park Avenue Neurosurgery (an affiliate of NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery), a NYC practice dedicated to the minimally invasive surgical treatment of adult spinal conditions.
Recognized by his peers as a Castle Connolly “Top Doctor: New York Metro Area” since 2012, Dr. Brisman was included in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors” listing from 2013-2020. He is the only neurosurgeon from Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties to be selected as a New York Magazine’s “Best Doctor” in 2018 and 2019.”
NSPC Neurosurgeon, Dr. Jonathan Brisman, Addresses Billy Joel’s Brain Disorder Diagnosis
(May 27, 2025 – Rockville Centre, NY) According to many published reports, singer/songwriter and Hicksville native Billy Joel, 76, has cancelled all his upcoming concert appearances due to a recent diagnosis of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH). A relatively unknown condition, NPH occurs when there’s a gradual buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a person’s skull which presses on their brain and disrupts such functions as memory and movement.
Board-certified, Long Island neurosurgeon Jonathan Brisman M.D., an attending neurosurgeon and senior partner at NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC), points out that “NPH is often difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to other age-related conditions, including dementia, and treatment rarely involves medication.”
Dr. Brisman has successfully treated many people with NPH and he says Joel’s condition could be reversible. “Unlike other dementia-like diseases, when diagnosed early, NPH can usually be addressed by surgically implanting a programmable shunt that controls the flow of CSF and prevents the fluid from building up.” Dr. Brisman has performed this procedure at several local hospitals and says patients are usually discharged the day after surgery.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, NPH “affects about 0.2% of people between the ages of 70 and 80, and about 5.9% of people over 80.” NPH is most common in people over 65 years of age, and the condition becomes more common as people age.
A Nassau resident, Jonathan Brisman M.D., F.A.C.S., completed his neurosurgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital and has been in practice on Long Island since 2009. He sees patients at offices in Lake Success, Rockville Centre, and Manhattan.
To learn more about Dr. Brisman and NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery (NSPC), please visit www.nspc.com. To arrange an interview with Dr. Brisman, contact Richard Van Allen, email: rvanallen@nspc.com or call (516) 442-2250, Extension 2039.
Dr. Jonathan Brisman demonstrates a carotid endarterectomy, a surgical procedure used to treat carotid stenosis.
