LouisJohnNkrumahMDPhD

Summary

• A practicing board-certified neurosurgeon currently based in Lake Success in Long Island, NY and Parlin, NJ with expertise in Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine surgery as well as general neurosurgery including Brain and Spinal tumors, Scoliosis, and Chiari Malformation.
  Completed his undergraduate training at Yale with a combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology in 4 years, and a combined MD and PhD degrees at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. This was followed by two years of Otolaryngology residency at John's Hopkins before switching to neurosurgical residency at Emory in Atlanta, GA. He 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 spine surgeries. He later worked as a hospital-employed neurosurgeon at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, WA for two years before moving to Long Island, New York to start his own private practice. He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in Long Island, Manhattan and New Jersey, and he treats a broad range of conditions affecting the brain and spine. His experiences have helped him to bring a well-rounded, thoughtful, and personalized care to his patients.