LouisJohnNkrumahMDPhD

Summary

• A practice neurosurgeon currently based in Lake Success in Long Island and Queens, NY with expertise in Complex Spine and Minimally Invasive Spine surgery as well as general neurosurgery including Brain and Spinal tumors, Scoliosis, and Chiari Malformation.
  Completed undergraduate training in Biology at Yale with a combined BS/MS degrees in 4 years and MD/PhD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. This was followed by two years of ENT residency at John's Hopkins before switching to neurosurgical residency at Emory in Atlanta, GA. I did a fellowship in Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle with special interest in adult degenerative scoliosis and other complex spinal surgeries. I later took a hospital-employed position at St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma for two years before moving back to Long Island, New York to start my own private practice. I am affiliated with multiple hospitals in Long Island/Queens area and I treat a broad range of conditions affecting the brain and spine. My experiences have helped me to bring a well-rounded, thoughtful, and personalized care my to patients.