Reza Yassari

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Reza Yassari, MD, NSDR

Neurological Surgery

718-920-7400
  • Chief, Division of Spinal Neurosurgery
  • Director, Neurosurgery Residency
  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Surgical Director, Montefiore Einstein Spine Center

Montefiore at 3316 Rochambeau Avenue
3316 Rochambeau Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-2841
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Dr. Yassari earned his medical degree in 1997 from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria with a dissertation in neuropathology. He completed his basic surgical training (1997-1998) in England at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, East Anglia, before relocating to the United States, where he received a master of science degree in experimental pathology at the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Hospital and was a fellow at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Subsequently, he underwent fellowship training in spinal oncology and reconstructive and complex spine surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was an instructor in neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery.

He started his tenure as Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Montefiore and our Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2010 and rose through the academic ranks to become Professor of Neurological Surgery in 2018. In 2012, Dr. Yassari was designated as Associate Program Director and then in 2014 as the Program Director of the Neurological Surgery Residency Program. He is a founding member and the Director of Surgical Services for the Montefiore Spine Center, a multidisciplinary center for the treatment of patients with spinal disease. In addition, he is a faculty member at our Albert Einstein Global Health Center and leads an annual neurosurgical mission to Mongolia.

Dr. Yassari is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, AOSpine, the American Medical Association and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Gender: Male

Credentials

Titles and Positions

  • Chief, Division of Spinal Neurosurgery
  • Director, Neurosurgery Residency
  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Surgical Director, Montefiore Einstein Spine Center

Education and Training

  • Medical Education  Medical University of Vienna
  • Fellowship  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency  University of Chicago Hospital

Areas of Expertise

Specialties

  • Neurological Surgery
  • Minimally-invasive Spine Surgery
  • Spinal Deformity
  • Spinal Tumors
  • Spine Disease
  • Spine
  • Cancer

Locations

Primary Location

Montefiore at 3316 Rochambeau Avenue

Montefiore at 3316 Rochambeau Avenue
3316 Rochambeau Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-2841
718-920-7400

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Additional Locations

Montefiore Nyack Hospital
160 North Midland Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
845-348-8880

Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
1250 Waters Place
Bronx, NY 10461-2720
718-920-7400

Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care -Westchester
555 Taxter Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
833-691-8326

St Lukes Cornwall Hospital
70 Dubois Street
Newburgh, NY 12550-4851
845-561-4400

Publications

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