Neurosurgery Team
Our Neurosurgery Experts
Meet the neurosurgeons, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who will care for you in our Neurosurgery Department.
Neurosurgeons

Ron L. Alterman, MD
Chief; Neurological Surgery

Joshua Aronson, MD
Director, Epilepsy Surgery; Neurological Surgery

Justin H. Granstein, MD, MPH
Neurological Surgery

Ziev B. Moses, MD
Neurological Surgery

Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD
Director, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute; Neurological Surgery

Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD
Co-Director, Spine Center; Neurological Surgery

Martina Stippler, MD
Vice Chief, Neurosurgery; Director, Neurotrauma; Site Director, BIDMC/BMC Neurosurgical Residency Program; Neurological Surgery

Philipp Taussky, MD
Co-Director, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute; Neurological Surgery

Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology; Director, Brain Tumor Center; Neurological Surgery
Outpatient Nurse Practitioners
- Deidre Buckley, NP, Brain Aneurysm Institute
- Jan Fleischman, NP, Neurosurgery
- Emily Martyn, NP, Spine Center
Inpatient Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
- Michael Carr, NP - Clinical Manager
- Elysia Cappellucci, NP
- Jessica Casper, PA
- Jaimee Cathers, NP
- Alison Corbin, NP
- Tiffany Costanza, NP
- Diane DiNobile, NP
- Leah Doucette, PA
- Caitlin Gaffey, NP
- Amanda Goldberg, PA
- Erica Guttierrez, PA
- Kendra Kouloheras, NP
- Bradley Marcinek, PA
- Ruth Navedo, NP
- Jennifer Pampreen, NP
- Natasha Poylin, NP
- Erin Rebelo, PA
- Tara Rukstalis, NP
- Briana Wise, NP