Louis John Nkrumah MD PhD

Summary

• Louis Nkrumah, MD, is a neurosurgeon based in New Hyde Park, NY, with specific subspecialties in neurosurgical spine surgery, brain and spinal tumors, and neurotrauma. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at Emory University, with prior training in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Nkrumah earned his MD/PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and further specialized through a fellowship in neurosurgical spine surgery at Virginia Mason Medical Center. His educational background also includes a BS/MS in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology from Yale University. Currently, he practices privately at Nkrumah Neurosurgery & Spine and previously served as an attending surgeon at St. Joseph Medical Center. Dr. Nkrumah has experience in general neurosurgery, disk herniation, and complex and minimally invasive spine surgeries, and has several publications in the field, contributing research on topics such as bipolar electrocautery systems and malaria.