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. 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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Dr. Matthew Tormenti is a Board Certified and Fellowship trained neurosurgeon at Princeton Brain & Spine. Dr. Tormenti specializes in complex spinal surgery, pituitary and skull base brain surgery.

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. Dhimant Balar is a Fellowship Trained and Board Certified physician. In fact, he is one of the very few doctors in Central New Jersey who is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and in Sports Medicine.

Dr. Balar has worked with both amateur and professional athletes. While in Philadelphia he was an integral part of the medical team for the city's top professional teams Philadelphia Eagles, Flyers, Phantoms, and the city's professional soccer team, the KIXX. He also worked with a range of amateur athletes from local high schools and colleges in the area, including Rowan University and Eastern University.

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Board certified neurosurgeon Dr. Steven C. Fulop specializes in cranial conditions and specific spine disorders. He also has specialized expertise in the use of advanced surgical technologies for the performance of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery.

Dr. Fulop's clinical specialty involves the use of technology for improving surgical outcomes. He is a regular faculty member at physician education conferences on the use of minimally invasive spinal procedures, neuro-navigation and the use of stem cell technologies.

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Dr. Meagher is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon who practices the full gamut of neurosurgery with an emphasis on minimally invasive spinal surgery at Princeton Brain and Spine.

Dr. Meagher's clinical research has been published in many peer reviewed journals. He has also contributed chapters to textbooks and presented research at numerous international meetings.

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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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