Best Surgeons & ENT docs in Wash DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia & New York City

[cedmonds]

Hi, I am newly diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma and would like to get a second opinion as well as get a good surgeon lined up. For now, I am in watch and wait status. Does anyone know of good doctors/surgeons in the Washington DC region as well as Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City?

[Blw]

Went to UVA with Dr. Jason Sheehan. Outstanding.

[bethtretrault]

I saw Dr Broaddus and Dr Coelho at MCV in Richmond. I'd recommend them. They are a bit further south then you wanted but MCV neurosurgical unit was great!

[stacey4574]

Hi and welcome- there is a lot of good information here.  I am 6 weeks post op with Dr. Michael Sisti at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC.  He is an amazing surgeon and his bedside manner and staff are also just as impressive.  He does about 2 of these surgeries/ week so he is the BEST!

[mcrue]

Went to UVA with Dr. Jason Sheehan. Outstanding.

Yes indeed!

Dr. Jason Sheehan and staff at UVA are most excellent.

[v357139]

Two teams in NYC that have gotten very good results are Dr Roland/Golfinos at NYU and Dr Selesnick/Gutin at Sloan Kettering.  I have also heard that in Philadelpha, the Jefferson Hospital is very good for ANs.  Good luck.

[caryawilson]

I went to John Hopkins in MD and loved the experience.  My case was NOT simple, so John Hopkins was amazing with the surgery and follow-up surgeries to help re-animate my face, since I lost my facial nerve:
Neurosurgeon: Dr. Lim
ENT: Dr. Kerry
Facial Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Boahene
Oculoplastics: Timothy McCulley

As I learned, the very large AN (mine was 4.5 cm), will normally result in complications which require a full compliment of doctors to help improve the conditions.  The AN removal was the most complex surgery (17 hours), but I then required (3) five hour surgeries (nerve grafts to reanimate face, (1) twilight two hour surgery (lower eye lid tightening and new gold weight in eyelid), and one local anesthesia (gold weight in eye lid).