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, Neurosurgery

Ghusn Al Sideiri, MD
Neurosurgery

Joshua Aronson, MD
Director, Epilepsy Surgery; Neurosurgery

Justin L. Massengale, MD
Neurosurgery

Ziev B. Moses, MD
Neurosurgery

Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD
Director, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute

Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD
Co-Director, Spine Center

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

Philipp Taussky, MD
Co-Director, BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute

Rafael A. Vega, MD, PhD
Director, Neurosurgical Oncology; Director, Brain Tumor Center
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