Dr Dorothea Altschul, MD - Ridgewood, NJ - Cerebrovascular, NeuroEndovascular Surgery, Neurosurgeon Open Now

Dr Dorothea Altschul, MD

Cerebrovascular, NeuroEndovascular Surgery, Neurosurgeon
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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Dr. Altschul is a neurointerventionalist with focus on acute neurological disease. She trained in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology in a two year clinical fellowship at the Columbia Campus of the NY Presbyterian Hospital (Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons) in New York.Prior to that, she completed a clinical and research fellowship in Vascular Neurology with focus on acute stroke and critical care neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston.She finished her neurology training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Neuroepidemiology at the National Institute on Aging (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where she studied the cause and effects of cognitive dysfunction in the elderly.Dr. Altschul is board-certified in neurology and vascular neurology. Her clinical and research interests include minimally-invasive imaging-guided
therapies for the treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord, such as various types of acute strokes, cerebral (brain) aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations or fistulas, dural arteriovenous fistulas, cerebral or carotid atherosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage, carotid stenosis, cerebrovascular disease, intracranial atherosclerosis, pediatric aneurysms, and vascular malformations.Dr. Altschul performs endovascular procedures such as cerebral and spinal angiography (angiograms), vascular embolizations, coiling procedures, intracranial angioplasty/stenting, carotid angioplasty/stenting, tumor embolizations, and acute stroke procedures (intraarterial thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy).Dr Altschul is currently active as the Director of Neurointerventional Neurosurgery at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood in New Jersey. She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. In 2020, she has been named assistant editor of the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, a leading professional journal in the field of Neurointervention.
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Quick Facts

  • accepting new patients
  • 5
  • 23 years of experience
  • 24 insurances accepted
  • speaks Spanish, English
  • Univ Wien Med Fak Austria
  • 182 comments
  • 3 specialties
  • 21 areas of expertise
  • 3 board certifications
  • 1 hospital affiliation
  • 1 location

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Patients’ Perspective

  • On-time appointments
  • Good bedside manner

Location

Neurosurgeons of New Jersey (Ridgewood)

1200 E Ridgewood Ave Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Accepting New Patients

Insurance Plans Accepted by Dr Dorothea Altschul

  • Aetna Medicare
  • Aetna Meritain & Assure
  • Aetna Signature (1199 & GEHA)
  • Aetna Whole Health
  • Americhoice
  • Braven Medicare Access Group HMO-POS
  • Braven Medicare Choice PPO
  • Braven Medicare Freedom PPO
  • Braven Medicare Group HMO-POS
  • Cigna Mohawk Valley (PPO only thru Valley Cigna)
  • Clover Health (Medicare plan)
  • Empire BCBS
  • Horizon BCBS
  • Horizon Braven Health (PPO, HMO-POS)
  • Medicare (Part A)
  • Medicare Part B (traditional Medicare)
  • No Fault - NJ only
  • Omnia (tier 1)
  • Oxford Garden State
  • Oxford Health Garden State
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • UHC under Empire/NYSHIP Plan
  • United Healthcare
  • Wellcare

Specialties

Dr Dorothea Altschul has the following 3 specialties

Specialty Expertise

Dr Dorothea Altschul has the following 21 areas of expertise

  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia
  • Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
  • Electromyography
  • Interventional Radiography
  • Stroke
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
  • Headache
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Carotid Artery Diseases (CAD)
  • Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations)
  • Epilepsy
  • Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
  • Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Migraine Disorder
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Migraine Disorders

Education

Univ Wien Med Fak Austria

Graduated in 2001

Columbia Campus of the NY Presbyterian Hospital

Fellowship

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