Hi, I have been diagnosed by an ENT with an AVM, I have an appointment Monday with a neurologist in Manhattan,(Caselda Balmaceda) but don’t know much about her other than online and she’s part of Colombian Presbyterian (Good hospital/University) I have GHI NYC city health insurance, anyone out there recommend anyone and a neurosurgeon.
Thanks
Claudine Flynn
I posted a link the best hospitals for neurosurgery for 2010. It looked like there are a few close by that might get you started. Here is the link so you don’t have to look for the discussion.
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/neurology-and-neur…
I can not reccomend any doctor in N.Y. but I can tell you who NOT to
go to:
Lawsuit-riddled brain surgeons get one more for ‘useless’ operations
BY Heidi Evans
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Updated Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 3:53 PM
Dr. Paolo Bolognese, leaving his Roslyn, L.I., home on Monday, is being sued by a former patient who said her operations were unnecessary. Brain Docs ScandalArticles
2 top NY brain surgeons suspended for abandoning anesthetized patientSuspensions extended for surgeons who stranded patient in OR: hospitalState’s highest-paid surgeon steps down after brain op no-showEmbattled M.D.'s son in ringing defense of dadIdaho family sues neurosurgeons for ‘experimenting’ on kidWoman who was abandoned in OR speaks outNo-show brain doc gets back his scalpelA Long Island woman has slapped embattled neurosurgeons Thomas Milhorat and Paolo Bolognese with a $10 million malpractice suit for subjecting her to “unnecessary and medically useless” operations.
The suit, filed Monday in Nassau County, claims the North Shore University Hospital doctors knowingly operated twice on Kristy Pirozzolo, 42, for a brain defect and spinal cord disorder she didn’t have.
Pirozzolo went to North Shore to seek help for chronic fainting spells.
“She was looking to get her life back,” said Pirozzolo’s lawyer, Christina Ctorides. “She had two surgeries which have made her so much worse.”
The suit is the latest blow to North Shore Hospital’s world-renowned Chiari Institute and its two elite surgeons, who were paid more than $10 million to perform 500 procedures a year.
The doctors were suspended last month after Bolognese didn’t show up to operate, though his patient had been prepped and put under anesthesia. Milhorat refused to cover for his AWOL colleague