Isabelle M. Germano MD, FACS, FANS

Dr Germano is a neurosurgeon and Tenured Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City, where she is also Director of the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program and Co-Director of the Radiosurgery program. Dr Germano is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, ABNS (1995).

Dr Germano has extensive experience in brain and spine Radiosurgery, including performing the first radiosurgery procedure in Manhattan, authoring of the book: “LINAC and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery”, AANS 2000, and the recent peer-reviewed publication “Clinical outcome of vertebral compression fracture after single fraction radiosurgery for spinal metastases. Germano IM et al; Clin Exp Metastasis 33:143-149, 2016“. She joined the Novalis Circle expert group in 2015.

After completing her Neurosurgical Residency at University of California San Francisco and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr Germano joined the neurosurgery faculty at Mount Sinai in 1993 to develop and lead the brain tumour and stereotactic clinical programs. She became one of the US pioneers of image-guided brain and spine surgery developing new technology and for 10 years directed a practical course for neurosurgeons around the world to teach about it until it becomes standard-of-care.