Dr. Anders Cohen, DO

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Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Anders Cohen, who serves patients in Brooklyn, New York.

A committed neurosurgeon, Dr. Cohen is the Chief of Neurosurgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Specializing in minimally invasive surgery, he became the first surgeon in New York City to perform the minimally invasive XLIF (eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) and AxiaLIF procedures in 2006.

Since 1845, The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) has provided outstanding health services, education and research to the Brooklyn community. Their focus is ensuring optimal patient care through staff expertise and the use of advanced technology, and innovative medical and surgical treatments.

Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Cohen graduated with his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his internship at Massapequa General Hospital. He then went on to complete his residency in neurosurgery at the North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and his fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical Center.

An authority in his field, the doctor is board-certified in neurological surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, which is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the use of surgery to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, certain types of birth defects, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

Speaking multiple languages, Dr. Cohen is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Creole.

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