JohnKParkMD, PhD, FAANS

Brain & Spinal Tumor

Chief of Neurological Surgery

Overview of Dr. Park

I am a board certified neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of all brain and spine tumor types. I also treat patients with degenerative cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal disorders.

Office
5645 Main St
Flushing, NY 11355
Book by Phone+1(646) 362-2186

Fax+1 805-682-1844

Education & Training

Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1993 - 1998
Brigham and Womens HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1992 - 1993
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2024 - Present
NY State Medical License 2020 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1994 - 2014
VA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

New York Metro Super Doctor Super Doctors, 2023
Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2022-2023
Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Preuss Award Joint Section on Tumors of the AANS and CNS, 2008
Clinical Investigator Award Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation, 2000
Kenneth Shulman Memorial Award Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery of the AANS and CNS, 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

444 citations
Expression of Notch-1 and its ligands, Delta-like-1 and Jagged-1, is critical for glioma cell survival and proliferation.
Benjamin Purow, Raqeeb M. Haque, Martha Noel, Qin Su, Michael J. Burdick
Cancer Research. 2005-03-15
1804 citations
Tumor stem cells derived from glioblastomas cultured in bFGF and EGF more closely mirror the phenotype and genotype of primary tumors than do serum-cultured cell lines.
Jeongwu Lee, Svetlana Kotliarova, Yuri Kotliarov, Aiguo Li, Qin Su
Cancer Cell. 2006-05-01
266 citations
Differentiation of human and murine induced pluripotent stem cells to microglia-like cells.
Hetal Pandya, Michael J. Shen, David M. Ichikawa, Andrea B. Sedlock, Yong Choi
Nature Neuroscience. 2017-03-02

Other

Patient education: Meningioma (Beyond the Basics)
Park JK, Shih HA, UpToDate
Epidemiology, pathology, clinical features, and diagnosis of meningioma
Park JK, UpToDate
Management of known or presumed benign (WHO grade I) meningioma
Park JK, Shih HA, UpToDate
Management of atypical and malignant (WHO grade II and III) meningioma
Shih HA, Park JK, UpToDate
Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
Park JK, Vernick DM, Ramakrishna N, UpToDate
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Professional Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons - AANS
Fellow