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 M.D. with Distinction for Research in Neuropathology Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	1986 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

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

Watch Dr Alterman perform brain surgery to control essential tremor, as broadcast on the Today Show, February 4, 2010. Watch the Video.

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

Alterman RL, Dumitriu D, Matthews S. Deep brain stimulation for major depressive disorder. Clinical Neuropsychiatry 2009; 6(6): 259-265.

Isaias IU, Alterman RL, Tagliati M. Deep brain stimulation for primary dystonia: long term outcomes.. Archives of Neurology 2009; 66(4): 465-470.

Brozova H, Barnaure I, Alterman RL, Tagliati M. STN-DBS frequency effects on freezing of gait in advanced Parkinson's disease. Neurology 2009 Feb; 72(8): 770-771.

Dumitriu D, Collins K, Alterman R, Mathew SJ. Neurostimulatory therapeutics in management of treatment-resistant depression with focus on deep brain stimulation. Mt. Sinai J Med 2008 May, June; 75(3): 263-275.

Alterman RL. Outcome measures for functional neurosurgery. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Quarterly 2008; Spring: 31-34.

Isaias IU, Alterman RL, Tagliati M. Outcome predictors of pallidal stimulation in patients with primary dystonia: the role of disease duration. Brain 2008 July; 131: 1895-1902.

Alterman RL, Shils JL, Miravite J, Tagliati M. Reducing stimulation frequency can enhance the tolerability and efficacy of deep brain stimulation for torsion dystonia. Movement Disorders 2007; 22(3): 366-338.

Alterman RL, Tagliati M. Deep brain stimulation for torsion dystonia in children. Childs Nervous System 2007 Sept; 23(9): 1033-1040.

Alterman RL, Miravite J, Shils JL, Weisz D, Bressman SB, Tagliati M. 60 Hertz pallidal stimulation for primary torsion dystonia. Neurology 2007 Aug; 69(7): 681-688.

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.

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.