Dr. Simone Betchen is a surgeon in the Surgery Department, Neurosurgery Division, at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Betchen joined the Maimonides team after completing her residency in neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and her surgical neuro-oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is dedicated to all aspects of neurosurgery, with a focus on tumors of the spinal cord and brain.
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Specialties
Neurosurgery, brain surgery, and spine surgery
Conditions Treated
Dr. Betchen treats a wide range of conditions including:
- Herniated disks
- Spinal stenosis
- Tumors of the brain and spine
- Trauma of the brain and spine
- Hydrocephalus
- Chiari malformation
Treatments and Procedures
Dr. Betchen offers a number of treatments and procedures such as:
- Discectomy
- Laminectomy
- Shunts
- Removal of tumors
- Complex spinal fusions of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar region
- Stereotactic procedures
Dr. Simone Betchen is active in research and has numerous publications in the field of neurosurgery. She is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Society for Neuroscience, and a resident member of the American College of Surgeons. |