Specialty	Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests	Movement Disorders
	Epilepsy Surgery
	Spinal Surgery
Gender	Male
E-mail	ron.alterman@mountsinai.org
Education and Training	MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Internship, General Surgery, Barnes Hospital
	Residency, Surgery/Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Fellowship, Stereotactic Neurosurgery, NYU Medical Center
Awards	2005 President's Award Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, Greater New York Chapter
	2002 Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Columbia University
	2001 Young Neurosurgeon Award Presented at the Quadrennial Meeting in Adelaide, Australia World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
	1994 Davidoff Society Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	1991 - 1992 Dr. Richard Duhon Fellowship American Brain Tumor Association
	1989, 1990 New York Society for Neurosurgery Resident Research Award
	1986 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
	1986 M.D. with Distinction for Research in Neuropathology Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Alterman joined the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai in 2004. He is the Director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery. He held previous academic positions at New York University School of Medicine (1995-1997), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1997-1998), and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1998-2004) where he was Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Alterman is well known for his work on deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, torsion dystonia, and tremor. His clinical interests also include image-guided surgery for brain tumors and benign spine disease. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps.

In The News

Dr. Alterman discusses deep brain stimulation in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF.

Education and Training	MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Internship, General Surgery, Barnes Hospital
	Residency, Surgery/Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Residency, Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	Fellowship, Stereotactic Neurosurgery, NYU Medical Center
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

Specialty	Neurological Surgery
Clinical Interests	Movement Disorders
	Epilepsy Surgery
	Spinal Surgery
Board Certification	Neurological Surgery

The use of beep brain stimulation for Torsion Dystonia

The use of frame-less navigational techniques for DBS implantation

Shils J, Tagliati M, Alterman RL. Intraoperative Microelectrode Recording Equipment: What features are necessary?. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2001; 77(1-4): 101-107.

Tagliati M, Alterman RL. Guidelines for patient selection for ablative and deep brain stimulation surgery. Seminars in Neurosurgery 2001 12(2):161-167.

Feldman RP, Alterman RL, Goodrich JT. Contemporary psychosurgery and a look to the future. J Neurosurg 2001; 95: 944-956.

Shils J, Alterman RL. Interventional Neurophysiology during Movement Disorder Surgery. In: Deletis V, Shils J, editors. Interventional Neurophysiology. San Diego, Academic Press; 2002. pp405-448.

Alterman RL, Oishi M. The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of screening for cerebral aneurysms. In: Leroux P, Winn HR, editors. Management of Cerebral Aneurysms. Philadelphia, WB Saunders; 2003. pp257-270.

Alterman RL. Movement Disorder Surgery with the Leksell System. In: Schulder M, editor. The Handbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. New York, Marcel Dekker; 2003. pp353-362.

Alterman RL, Shils J, Tagliati M. Dorsal relocation of a previously implanted subthalmic deep brain stimulating electrode yields superior control of levodopa-induced dykinesiae. Neurosurgical Focus 2004; 17(1): 39-42.

Tagliati M, Alterman RL, Pourfar MH. Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease patients over age 70 years. Neurology 2005 Jul 12; 65(1): 179-80.

Koss A, Alterman RL, Tagliati M, Shils JL. Calculating total electrical energy delivered by deep brain stimulation systems. Annals of Neurol 2005; 58(1): 168-69.

Hollander E, Alterman RL, Dell'Osso B. Approaching treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder with brain stimulation interventions: the state of the art. Psychiatric Annals 2006; 36(7): 480-88.