Neurology in Stamford, CT

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Dr. Virany Hillard received her B.A. in Biological Sciences from Harvard University in 1995 and her M.D. cum laude from New York University in New York, NY in 1999. She completed an internship in general surgery at the New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center in 2000 followed by a neurosurgery residency at the same institution from 2000-2005 under the chairmanship of Drs. William Couldwell and Raj Murali. From 2002-2003 Dr. Hillard served as a research fellow under Richard Zeman, Ph.D. and Joseph Etlinger, Ph.D. in the Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College. She received the prestigious Synthes Award for Research on Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Injury in 2004. Dr. Hillard completed a spine fellowship in the Department of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Utah in 2005-2006 under the guidance of Ronald Apfelbaum, M.D. and Darrel Brodke, M.D. Additionally, she was the Attending Physician/ Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 2006-2011, and is currently the Attending Physician /Associate Clinical Professor Department of Neurosurgery at the Westchester Medical College/Westchester Medical Center. Dr. Hillard is the member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Medical Association. Dr...

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Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York is a multi-disciplinary surgical practice founded in 1958 by the first neurosurgeon in the Hudson Valley. Today our practice is made up of dozens of Fellowship-trained physicians and surgeons who perform more than 3,000 surgeries using advanced technology and world-class expertise.

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Before joining Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York in 2006, Dr. de Lotbinière spent 17 years at Yale University School of Medicine (YSM) where he was Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Director of Pituitary Surgery, and where he was the first Medical Director of Gamma Knife Surgery. Dr. de Lotbinière was also an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at YSM, where he created a program for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery as well as for radiosurgery. With a national reputation for properly diagnosing and surgically treating nerve disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia, Dr. de Lotbinière brings peace of mind to patients who have long searched for answers before coming to him. "For example, people often have teeth pulled or are treated for TMJ [temporomandibular joint syndrome] when the cause of their symptoms is actually trigeminal neuralgia, which causes sudden shock-like facial pains, typically near the nose, lips, eyes or ears," he explains. Dr. de Lotbinière earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and completed his medical school and subsequent training at McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec. He completed a fellowship at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England. He is certified in neurosurgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and by the American Board of Neurological Surgery...

Before joining BSSNY, Dr. Krishn Sharma was in practice in New York and Connecticut for over a decade. Dr. Sharma received his medical degree from New York Medical College and trained at Union Memorial Hospital, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. He served as chief resident of Orthopedic Surgery at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; and completed his Scoliosis and Spinal Surgery fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City before entering private practice. Dr. Sharma is published in numerous scientific journals, has been invited to present at national and international medical conferences, and is a member of the Scoliosis Research Society, North American Spine Society, and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He is an expert in spinal deformity and complex reconstructive spine surgery for children, teens, and adults. He has broad experience in degenerative conditions including herniated discs and spinal stenosis. Dr. Sharma's expertise includes tumor surgery as well as the treatment of trauma-caused fractures. He practices state-of-the-art surgical techniques, including minimally invasive, image-guided (stereotactic), motion sparing and disc replacement surgery. Dr. Sharma is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery...