Saadi Ghatan, MD

Dr. Ghatan performed surgery, a frontal lobectomy, on my adult daughter to arrest epileptic seizures. Although the thought of brain surgery was terrifying to us all, Dr. Ghatan took the time to explain every step and reassure us, especially my daughter, and eliminate the taboo of brain surgery. I cannot say enough about this man: his skill and expertise is only equalled by his empathetic care and sensitivity to the patient and family. If anyone needs any type of brain surgery, Mt. Sinai is definitely the place to go and Dr. Ghatan is DEFINITELY the surgeon to have. He is absolutely the best.

Dr. Ghatan did a great job from start to finish with my brain surgery. 16 months after the surgery, I'm pain free and seizure free and very thankful to have such a great doctor!!!

Dr. Ghatan performed a rare and most delicate operation on our daughter. His compassion and empathy made the nightmarish experience somewhat bearable. He is caring and kind. He took the time to educate us and to answer all of our questions; he knew what our daughter was feeling, physically and emotionally; he knew what we were experiencing and respected how scared we were. His confidence made us comfortable and we trusted him to do the very best for our daughter. Which he did. Brilliantly. We were so impressed that we nominated him for a Gold Doc award from the Gold Foundation (Humanism in Medicine).

Superb neurosurgeon and amazing human being!

Dr Ghatan is a great listener and very patient with questions. He is a measured professional who will not encourage the knife as the best solution to a problem. He is confident and warm. A genuine good person and pleasure to have in such difficult times.

We met with Dr. Ghatan today to discuss concerns of plagiocephaly, craniosynostosis, and a vacuum bump which had not healed well. He took time to discuss how our baby's head is growing and answered all of our questions. We left feeling well informed and at ease with the good diagnosis which we were given. I hope we do not have the need to go back but would recommend him to anyone in need of a neurosurgeon.

Mi hijo tiene 8 años de edad, cuando mi hijo nació sufrió un derrame cerebral y eso entre muchas otras cosa le causaron mucho daño, muchas combulciones a causa de su epilepsia, a lo 18 meses la neuróloga que visitamos por primera vez en Manhattan nos sugirió hacer consulta con Saadi Ghatan y desde el primer día de la visita comenzamos a tener un poquito de tranqulidad, pues desde ese día supimos que nuestro hijo estaba en buenas manos, llego el día de la cirugía y el propósito era quitarle las combulciones a nuestro hijo, puesto que ocurrían cada 2 minutos, Adrian Batista hoy en día esta en la escuela regular y tiene dificultades físicas pero mentalmente gracias a Dios y al Dr Ghatan puede hacer su vida normal ... Nuestra vida no nos daría para agradecer habernos puesto en el camino a este gran ser humano, EXECELENTE creo qe sería poco para describirlo, tiene tantas cualidades, lo sientes parte de tu familia, parte de tu sufrimiento ... Gracias mil... 5 estrellas

It has been almost exactly ten years since Dr. Ghatan operated on my son who had medulloblastoma which is a tumor at the base of his brain. The manner in which Dr. Ghatan treated us and spoke to us eased a lot of the anxiety and nervousness. The surgery was a huge success and my son is now 16 years and is now both a Peer Helper and a Prefect at his school. He is in 11th Grade and doing well. Without the expertise of Dr. Ghatan I would not be enjoying his daily hugs and his beautiful smile. Excellent Doctor!

There is NO ONE better than Dr. Ghatan with respect to expertise and bedside manner. Our son had epilepsy as a result of a temporal cortical dysplasia and was on Autism spectrum.Dr. Ghatan literally saved our son from seizures that had reappeared after a 5 year abscense and greatly improved his quality of life.There are no words to thank Dr. Ghatan that will equal what we feel he gave our child.

Dr. Ghatan is a rare gem. Brillant, kind & respectful of the entire family, thorough and generous w/his time and teaching. 4 stars are not enough for this kind of surgeon. Our son is in the best care anyone could ever hope for.