Bederson Joshua MD

I met with many neurosurgeons, and Dr. Bederson was by far the most human. I had no question about his skill, as he is head of the department at Mt. Sinai but I was also looking for a doctor I felt comfortable with. After my surgery, I feel comfortable calling him when I had concerns.
I don’t love Mt. Sinai as a hospital, but that isn’t his fault. While I was there, he came and checked up on me frequently.

This man and his gifted hands are absolutely miraculous. After seeking out what seems like a million doctors to fix my problem I landed in Doctor Bederson’s office. If he said he couldn’t help me I was about throw in the towel and just try to live with the excruciating painful condition that plagued me for years. Medication didn’t help, injections of nerve blocks didn’t help and high doses of radiation to my head didn’t help so at this point surgery was the only way to get my life back.
I was a bit apprehensive about going to see him, I wanted to stay in New Jersey and have the surgery done out of the hospital my own doctor is affiliated with. Dr Bederson’s office out of Mount Sinai medical center was a little bit of a trek for us (from New Jersey, not too far but even so it was well worth it, I would have traveled to California if he practiced out of a hospital there). We got to his office and immediately I knew I was where I needed to be (a neurologist referred me to him). He took time and answered all the questions I asked (which were plenty). He isn’t like some doctors that only allot a certain amount of time with a patient so they can squeeze as many patients in as possible (more patients more money). I met with him in the beginning of the week, he pulled up my MRI and said «I can help you.» I nearly cried in his office! It was amazing he scheduled the surgery for three days later. I know some surgeons make you wait months until the actual surgery date and the longer you wait the longer you are in pain.
The day of the surgery came and Dr Bederson and his staff were exceptionally nice and soothing. I was nervous (not only was I having major surgery, but brain surgery to boot)! Dr Bederson explained everything that they would be doing and assured me that if I had any postoperative pain that they would take care of it immediately. After I woke up from the surgery I was sore as expected, but it was taken care of as promised, when the pain started getting out of control again, the nurses paged him and he was right on it, he makes sure all of his patients are comfortable (or as comfortable as can be when it comes to neurosurgery). I spent a good amount of time in recovery (there were no beds available until about midnight… keep in mind my surgery ended at noon, but that isn’t the hospitals fault). A few times Dr Bederson came up to see me (since I was in recovery so long) and during his first visit he told me the surgery was a compete success. I was so happy, I could take the postoperative pain in the short term, rather than live with the pain I was having for the long term. He stopped by everyday I was in the hospital and three nights later I went home! It was amazing. I have a scar on the side of my head (a small part of my hair had to be shaved but my hair covers it completely). By looking at me you could never tell that a surgeon just operated on my brainstem.
The world would be a better place if all doctors not only had the skill Dr Bederson had, but the bedside manner. This is a lot coming from me, because in general I don’t like/​trust doctors. So if you ever need neurosurgery (and I hope you don’t) Dr Bederson is the BEST (he ranks in the top 5 in New York Magazines best doctors under neurosurgery. I highly recommend him.