Ernest Barthelemy, MD, MPH, MA

Dr. Barthélemy’s academic interests include teaching and mentoring residents, medical students and graduate students at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, as well as at the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health. As a global surgery researcher and neuroscientist, his projects engage the areas of global neurosurgery, translational neurotraumatology and brain repair. He directs the Downstate Global Neurosurgery Laboratory (DGNL) and Co-Directs the Downstate Global Neuroscience Initiative (DGNI).

Global Neurosurgery is defined as the multidisciplinary practice of improving health outcomes and advancing health equity for all people worldwide who are adversely affected by an unmet need for neurosurgical care. Global Neurosurgery practitioners utilize the tools of social medicine and public health to assure safe, timely, affordable and high-quality neurosurgical care for all who need it.

The DGNL is focused on neurosurgical capacity building and advocacy for health equity in neurosurgically underserved communities of Brooklyn, NY, and in several low- and middle-income countries. Current collaborations of the DGNL include work in Haiti, Cuba, Guyana and other Caribbean nations, as well as in Ethiopia and in Pakistan.

For a list of Dr. Barthélemy’s scholarly work, please visit his profile on Google Scholar.

Dr. Barthelemy is a general and trauma-subspecialized neurosurgeon whose practice spans a broad spectrum of acute and chronic disorders of the brain and spine. His clinical interests include:

• Acute care surgery for brain injury, including:
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Epidural Hemorrhage
  • Intraparenchymal Brain Hemorrhage
  • Skull fracture
  • Stroke
• Acute care surgery for spinal injury, including:
  • Spinal fractures and dislocations
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Spinal cord compression
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
• Multi-modality monitoring for the injured brain
• Neurocritical care
• Degenerative diseases of the spine including:
  • Disc herniation (cervical, thoracic and lumbar)
  • Spinal stenosis (cervical, thoracic and lumbar)
  • Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy
  • Cervical radiculopathy
  • Lumbar radiculopathy
  • Adult spinal deformity
• Spine tumors
• Brain and Skull base tumors:
  • Metastatic tumors
  • Meningiomas
  • Gliomas
  • Pituitary Tumors
• Epilepsy
• Hydrocephalus

Dr. Barthelemy’s practice includes an array of minimally invasive spine surgery techniques that provide targeted treatment of spinal disorders while minimizing post-operative pain and optimizing recovery and return to function.

Patient Appointments

To schedule a consultation with Dr. Barthelemy, please call 718-270-7207