Gordon H Baltuch MD
Professor and co-Chief of Functional Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
710 W 168th StFl 4New York, NY 10032
Fax+1 212-305-2026
Overview of Dr. Baltuch
Dr. Gordon H Baltuch is a neurosurgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He attended and graduated from Harvard College and Stanford University and obtained his medical degree at McGill University. Neurosurgical training was completed at the Montreal Neurological Institute. He subsequently completed a fellowship at the University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland under the direction of Professor N. de Tribolet. Dr. Baltuch accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He has 37 years of experience and is one of 52 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Neurosurgery. Dr. Baltuch has numerous peer reviewed publications in prestigious journals with an h index of 53 and over 15,000 citations. He has edited 4 textbooks; including the recent 2nd edition of Thieme’s “Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery”.
Education & Training
Wharton Executive EducationCertificate of Professional Development, Business Administration and Management, General, 2003 - 2010
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1986- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science, Biology/ Biological Sciences, 1981 - 1982
- Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts, Biochemistry, 1978 - 1981
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2022 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 2009 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2021 - 2027
CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2024 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
- Fellow (FAANS) American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Short-term neuropsychiatric outcomes following deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.Audrey E De Paepe, Linda Wang, David Zhang, Andrés Pascual-Leone, Kimberly Kwei
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 2025-12-15 - Biomarker changes associated with fornix deep brain stimulation in Alzheimer's disease.Jürgen Germann, Robert S C Amaral, Jennifer Tomaszczyk, Kazuaki Yamamoto, Gavin J B Elias
Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2025-06-01 - Unilateral magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for medication-refractory essential tremor: 5-year continued access study.Pejman Ghanouni, Vibhor Krishna, Howard M Eisenberg, W Jeffrey Elias, G Rees Cosgrove
Frontiers in Neurology. 2025-01-01
Press Mentions
Hooked on Helping Tremor Patients: The Making of a Brain SurgeonOctober 11th, 2022- Penn Medicine Experts Offer Advice to the Next Generation of InnovatorsSeptember 7th, 2021
Neurosurgeons Perform First Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential TremorMay 15th, 2017
Grant Support
- Human Cerebellar Deep Brain Stimulation and Recordings in Spinocerebellar AtaxiasCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2025–2026
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- Member
Other Languages
- French
External Links
- Castle Connolly Top Doctorshttps://www.castleconnolly.com/top-doctors/gordon-h-baltuch-neurological-surgery-80cc000863
- NFL -Unaffiliated Neuro Consultanthttps://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2018/january/concussion-watch-the-eyes-on-the-sides
- Linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/gordon-baltuch-md-phd-facs-frcs-c-b0a8a6265
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