Mark R. McLaughlin, M.D., F.A.C.S. - Neurosurgeon Spine Surgery

New Jersey native Dr. Mark McLaughlin is a board certified neurosurgeon who treats cranial conditions and specific spinal disorders. He also has specialized training and expertise in the treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia and Occipital Neuralgia.

His educational journey began at The Pingry School in Martinsville, NJ and continued with a path that included a Residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Our Medical Director is Dr. Nirav Shah. Dr. Nirav Shah is a board certified neurosurgeon who practices neurological surgery with an emphasis on cervical stenosis, complex spinal surgery and intracranial and intracranial tumor/radiosurgery at Princeton Brain and Spine.

Dr. Shah graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Pennsylvania State University where he completed an accelerated Bachelors-Medical Doctorate program. After graduation with Alpha Omega Alpha (medical equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa) honors from Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he went on to complete his internship and five-year residency at the University of Maryland in Baltimore under Dr. Howard Eisenberg.

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Seth Joseffer, M.D. is a board certified neurosurgeon who treats disorders and diseases of the brain and spine with a particular interest in brain tumors. Dr. Joseffer specializes in the application of minimally invasive surgical procedures where applicable. He has advanced training and experience in cranial and spinal surgery, including craniotomies.

A native to the northeast, Dr. Joseffer became fascinated with the functionality of the brain after witnessing his first brain surgery during his undergraduate studies at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He went on to pursue a medical degree from New York University Medical School, where he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, the equivalent to Phi Beta Kappa.

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Dr. Matthew Tormenti is a Board Certified and Fellowship trained neurosurgeon at Princeton Brain and Spine and specializes in complex spinal surgery and skull base brain surgery with a particular interest in diseases of the pituitary gland.

Dr. Tormenti was educated at Virginia Tech University where he was a varsity wrestler and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Biochemistry. He was further educated at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and accepted into the University of Pittsburgh residency training program in neurological surgery. Recently, University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery residency training program was named a #1 academic program in the United States. During his training, Dr. Tormenti completed a broad training in all aspects of neurological surgery with specialized training in complex spinal surgery, skull base surgery, and brain trauma. More specifically, Dr. Tormenti is one of a handful of neurosurgeons capable of performing complex spinal scoliosis reconstructions and in minimally invasive spine operations. In addition, he completed a 2 year fellowship in endoscopic skull base surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, an international destination for skull base surgery.

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Dr. Nazer Qureshi joins Princeton Brain and Spine as our fifth on-staff neurosurgeon. He was a junior faculty member at Trinity College in Ireland prior to spending three years as a research fellow studying gene therapy for brain tumors at Harvard Medical Schoolbrain tumors at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He then obtained his neurosurgical training at the world-renowned Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas.

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Hippocrates..., a Greek born around 460BC, Hippocrates is called the "Father of Medicine". He is credited as the first person to argue that disease was not a punishment from the gods, but was caused by environment, diet, and other natural factors. The Hippocratic Oath inspires us to do the utmost for our patients, all the while treating each patient as a member of our own extended family.

When you are here, you will be treated with respect, our time and you will be given the very best of us. We have built the circle of trust, care, compassion as well as skill here and it is you, the patient, who is the foundation of our vision of medicine. It is you, our patient, that matters most to us.

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