Michael Schulder, MD

Michael Schulder, MD, is vice chair of neurosurgery at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is the director of the Brain Tumor Center of the Northwell Neuroscience Institute, co-director of the Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and program director of neurosurgical residency training at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, where he is a professor of neurosurgery. A practicing neurosurgeon for more than 30 years, Dr. Schulder is expert in a full range of brain surgery techniques. His particular areas of focus include image-guided brain tumor surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and functional neurosurgery.

Dr. Schulder came to Northwell Health in 2007 to build and direct an academic brain tumor program, which has grown to treat over 500 new patients each year. Before arriving at Northwell, he played a pivotal role in establishing the first program in radiosurgery in the state of New Jersey and one of the first in the New York metropolitan area.

With his deep experience in all treatment approaches for brain tumors, Dr. Schulder is dedicated to providing care that is matched to each person s unique needs. He believes strongly in the importance of giving his patients the same empathy, attention and tireless energy that he d give a family member.

Dr. Schulder runs Northwell s clinical trials programs for patients with brain tumors. He has been the principal investigator on numerous trials, pioneering the use of various methods of image guidance in neurosurgery, including functional and intraoperative MRI.

Recognized internationally as a leader in the field of neurosurgery, Dr. Schulder is a director at large of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the immediate past president of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Schulder is on the editorial board of several major neurosurgical journals, including the Journal of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. He has been named to Castle Connolly s Top Doctors of the New York Metro Area for more than 15 years in a row.

Dr. Schulder trained at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and further advanced his training in stereotactic neuro-oncology at the University of Florida and at the Brigham and Women s Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.