Summary

Brian T. Jankowitz, M.D. is a board certified neurosurgeon with a special focus on cerebrovascular surgery. Dr. Jankowitz serves as Chief of Neurosurgery and Co-Chair of Stroke and Neurovascular Program at the Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at JFK University Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. 



Dr. Jankowitz specializes in innovative treatments for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke including carotid disease, intracranial stenosis, brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and vascular malformations of the spine. He has extensive training in open and endovascular surgical procedures including CEA, TCAR, carotid stenting, aneurysm clipping, aneurysm coiling, and acute stroke interventions.



Prior to joining the Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute at JFK University Medical Center, Dr. Jankowitz was the Division Head of Cerebrovascular Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He had previously served as the Director of the Cerebrovascular Program at Cooper Neurological Institute in Camden, New Jersey. He was also an associate professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and served as faculty of the UPMC Neurosurgery Department and UPMC Stroke Institute where he specialized in both open and endovascular neurosurgery.



Earning his bachelor of science degree from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Jankowitz received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his surgical internship, neurosurgical residency, and fellowship in Neuroendovascular surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.



Dr. Jankowitz is a member of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery and the American Heart Association. He is also a member of the Congress of the Neurological Surgeons and the Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group, and holds editorial positions on several national medical publications including The Spine Journal, World Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Review, Interventional Neurology and the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. He is also a primary investigator for several national clinical trials.





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Quick Facts

  • accepting new patients
  • 4.6
  • 23 insurance plans accepted
  • speaks English, Spanish
  • UPMC Montefiore University Hospital
  • 13 written reviews
  • 3 specialties
  • 9 areas of expertise
  • 1 board certification
  • 1 hospital affiliation
  • 1 office location
  • Male

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Med School: Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania Med School: Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine Med School: New York University School Of Medicine
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Insurance Plans Accepted by Dr. Brian Thomas Jankowitz

  • Aetna
  • Aetna Better Health
  • AmeriHealth
  • Cigna
  • Claritev
  • Clover Health
  • Consumer Health Network
  • Fidelis Care
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon NJ Health)
  • Karna WTC
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • QualCare
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare (UHC)
  • UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan
  • UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Medicare
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Wellpoint

Medical Specialties

Dr. Brian Thomas Jankowitz has the following 3 specialties

Specialty Expertise

Dr. Brian Thomas Jankowitz has the following 9 areas of expertise

  • Aneurysm
  • Brain Surgery
  • Brain Tumor
  • Craniotomy
  • Endovascular Neurosurgery
  • Glioblastoma
  • Laminectomy
  • Neurosurgery
  • Stroke

Certifications, License, & Education

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Neurological Surgery, 2015

MEDICAL LICENSE

Medical Doctor, Pennsylvania, 2024, Expired
Medical Doctor, New Jersey, 2027, Active

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Fellowship

UPMC Montefiore University Hospital2009

Residency

UPMC Montefiore University Hospital2010

Internship

UPMC Montefiore University Hospital2004

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