Rockville Centre, NY (PRWEB) January 31, 2011
Neurointensivist Ivan Mikolaenko, M.D., F.A.A.N., has joined Neurological Surgery, P.C., a leading practice of neurosurgical and allied specialists with offices throughout Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York. Neurointensivists are neurologists who work in intensive care settings. They obtain additional training that enables them to supply extremely specialized treatment to patients with serious brain disorders or injuries. Dr. Mikolaenko is board certified in neurology, with sub-specialty certification in neurocritical care.
“We are quite happy that Dr. Mikolaenko has brought his specialized expertise to our practice,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., F.A.C.S., a senior partner at Neurological Surgery, P.C. “Our practice provides a special model of university-level care in a convenient, community setting. Dr. Mikolaenko’s appointment further deepens our expertise and capacity to present subspecialty care for patients facing a range of neurosurgical and neurological problems.”
1 of the largest and most highly specialized private practices in higher New York, Neurological Surgery, P.C. has 24 affiliated physicians including 14 neurosurgeons representing a range of brain and spinal surgery sub-specialties. Other specialties and sub-specialties represented in the practice include interventional neuroradiology, neuro-oncology, neuro-ophthalmology, epileptology (epilepsy neurology), interventional physiatry (discomfort management) and neurophysiology, as nicely as the clinical psychology specialty of neuropsychology.
“I am happy to join this group of leading clinical neuroscience specialists, and look forward to adding to the practice’s capabilities,” said Dr. Mikolaenko.
Widespread diseases treated by Dr. Mikolaenko in the intensive care setting contain strokes, ruptured aneurysms, trauma-related brain and spinal cord injuries, seizures, swelling of the brain, infections of the brain and brain tumors. He also treats the medical complications that may occur in these patients. His unique interest is in decreasing secondary brain injury and enhancing recovery and functional capacity in patients who have suffered from subarachnoid hemorrhage and severe traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Mikolaenko received his medical education at Bukovynian State Medical University in Western Ukraine. Following that, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He continued his clinical training as an intern in the Department of Internal Medicine and as a resident in the Department of Neurology at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He finished his neurology training as a senior resident at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.
Following neurology training, Dr. Mikolaenko was named a clinical fellow and a neurology instructor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Division of Neurocritical Care at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
During his residency and fellowship training, Dr. Mikolaenko received several awards from the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association and the American Headache Society for his commitment to neurological education and analysis. He has authored several articles in the fields of neurology and neurosurgery in leading peer–reviewed journals such as The Lancet, Neurosurgery, Neurobiology of Disease, and Neurocritical Care.
Dr. Mikolaenko is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Neurocritical Care Society, and Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.
About Neurological Surgery, P.C.
Neurological Surgery, P.C. is one of the New York City area’s premier neurosurgical groups, offering patients the most advanced remedies of brain and spine disorders. These incorporate minimally invasive procedures such as stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife® and CyberKnife®), aneurysm coiling, neuro-endoscopy, spinal stimulators, carotid stents, interventional discomfort management, microdiscectomy, kyphoplasty, and X-STOP®. The practice’s physicians represent a range of surgical and nonsurgical specialties, combining compassionate care with extremely specialized training. They are leaders in the region’s medical community, with appointments as chiefs of neurosurgery in some of Lengthy Island’s best hospitals. NSPC provides eight convenient locations in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. For more details, call 1-800-775-7784 or go to http://www.NSPC.com.
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