Alexandra Golby MD Professor of Neurosurgery

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Epilepsy Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School

75 Francis St# BwhBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-525-8135
Fax+1 617-713-3050

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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1995 - 2000
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1996 - 2028
MA State Medical License 2002 - 2027
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Partners Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2012, 2014-2017

Clinical Trials

Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Tumor Surgery
TERMINATED
Assessment of Safety and Feasibility of ExAblate Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Disruption Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 26
COMPLETED
NA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Large Language Model for Postoperative Clinical Decision Support in a Neurosurgery Ward in the Gambia: A Prospective Pilot Feasibility Study.
Saksham Gupta, Zsombor T Gal, Jay Touray, Gabrielle A Luiselli, Ancha Ceesay
Neurosurgery. 2026-11-01
Data-driven registration and modeling of brain deformation for image-guided neurosurgery.
Tiago Assis, Colin P Galvin, Joshua P Castillo, Nazim Haouchine, Marta Kersten-Oertel
Medical Image Analysis. 2026-11-01
Local LLMs as cooperative agents for low-cost surgical navigation support.
Colton Barr, Colin Galvin, Amirali Azimi, Sarah Frisken, Steve Pieper
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2026-07-01

Journal Articles

Original Article Neurosurgical Resection and Stereotactic Radiation Versus Stereotactic Radiation Alone in Patients with a Single or Solitary Brain Metastasis
John G Phillips, Itai M Pashtan, Ayal A Aizer, Elizabeth B Claus, Shyam K Tanguturi, Daniel N Cagney, Brian M Alexander, Nayan Lamba, Alexandra J Golby, ScienceDirect
Non-Rigid Registration of 3D Ultrasound for Neurosurgery Using Automatic Feature Detection and Matching
Alexandra Golby, MD, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Free Water Modeling of Peritumoral Edema Using Multi-Fiber Tractography: Application to Tracking the Arcuate Fasciculus for Neurosurgical Planning
Alexandra Golby, MD, PLoS One

Authored Content

3D Printing and Intraoperative Neuronavigation Tailoring for Skull Base Reconstruction After Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery: Proof of Concept RelatedMarch 2018

Press Mentions

Using Ultrasound to Open the Blood-Brain Barrier: New HopeOctober 24th, 2025
Glioma Treatment May Benefit from Acoustic Biomarker–Guided BBB OpeningAugust 27th, 2025
Scientists Develop Reliable Method to Measure Blood-Brain Barrier Opening with Focused UltrasoundAugust 25th, 2025

Grant Support

Quantitative Glioblastoma Margin and Infiltration Mapping with Advanced Diffusion-Relaxation MRIBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2027
Quantitative Glioblastoma Margin and Infiltration Mapping with Advanced Diffusion-Relaxation MRIBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2027
Quantitative Glioblastoma Margin and Infiltration Mapping with Advanced Diffusion-Relaxation MRIBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2027
Ultrasound based neurosurgical navigation with uncertainty visualizationBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2022–2026

Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons - CNS
Member
American Association of Neurological Surgeons - AANS
Fellow

Other Languages

French

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