Debra Petrucci, MD, FAANS Neurosurgeon in New York
About Dr. Debra Petrucci
New York neurosurgeon Dr. Debra Petrucci is board-certified, with over three decades of experience in complex brain and spine conditions. She is known for clinical precision, and for explaining in plain language what is causing a patient’s symptoms and how she plans to treat them.
Training. She went from Harvard University to George Washington University School of Medicine, then to her neurosurgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident and ICU Fellow.
Leadership. Her record runs from Chief of Neurosurgery at both Lincoln Hospital and White Plains Hospital to faculty appointments at New York Medical College and Yale, and she still teaches as an instructor and proctor for physicians training in minimally invasive spine procedures.
Care built around the individual. Her clinical interests span spinal disorders, brain tumors and minimally invasive procedures. She tailors the plan to each patient, listens without judgment, and visits her surgical patients daily during the hospital stay.
At NeuroOrthoNYC in New York she works alongside orthopedic surgeons, so both perspectives review your case together before any plan is settled.
Dr. Petrucci's training, board certification, and academic record
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Specialty
Neurosurgery. Sub-specialty focus on spinal disorders, brain tumors, and minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures.
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Board certification
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery (1995). Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS).
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Fellowship
ICU Fellow, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1990.
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Residency
Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1984 to 1990, serving as Chief Resident at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.
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Medical school
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, MD, 1984.
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Undergraduate
Harvard University, cum laude, 1979.
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Academic appointments
Faculty appointments at New York Medical College and Yale University. Previously Assistant Professor in the Spine Section of the Yale Department of Neurosurgery.
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Leadership
Chief of Neurosurgery, White Plains Hospital (2001 to 2007). Chief of Neurosurgery, Lincoln Hospital (1997 to 2000).
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Memberships
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (1995 to present). Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (1983 to present).
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In practice
36 years, practising since 1990.
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Languages
English.
What makes Dr. Petrucci's background distinctive
- The first woman trained in the Neurosurgery Department of the Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital
- Faculty and keynote speaker for national neurosurgical conferences, including Medtronic and Stryker events
- Instructor and proctor to other physicians training in minimally invasive spine procedures, and trained in kyphoplasty, X-Stop interspinous process decompression and Charite artificial disc replacement
- Published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, including the 1989 case report on primary intracranial leiomyosarcoma, and a book chapter on status epilepticus
- Alpha Omega Alpha at George Washington University School of Medicine, 1983
What conditions does Dr. Petrucci treat, and what procedures does she perform?
Conservative care first wherever it can work. When an operation is the right answer, the least invasive approach that achieves the result.
Where to Find Dr. Petrucci
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Appointments are booked centrally on 914-303-6548. If this is an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.
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