Overview of Dr. Bassani
Dr. Luigi Bassani is a neurosurgeon in Livingston, NJ and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, NYU Langone Hospitals, and Valley Hospital. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. Dr. Bassani accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 78 doctors at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and one of 57 doctors at Morristown Medical Center who specialize in Neurosurgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Italian. He has more than 20 publications and over 150 citings.
Education & Training
University of Utah HealthFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2013 - 2014
NYU Grossman School of MedicineChief Residency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2013
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2007 - 2012
NYU Grossman School of MedicineInternship, Surgery, 2006 - 2007
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 2006
College of the Holy CrossBA, Psychology, 1996 - 2000
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2009 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2025
UT State Medical License 2013 - 2016
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- NJ Best Kid Doc - Pediatric Neurosurgery NJ Family Magazine, 2015
- Presidential Service Award 2000
- Ignatius of Loyola Service Award 2000
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citations
Open and endoscopic excision of calvarial dermoid and epidermoid cysts: a single center experience on 128 consecutive cases
John Engler, Luigi Bassani, Tracy Ma, Omar Tanweer, Robert E. Elliott, David H. Harter, Jeffrey H. Wisoff> ;Child's Nervous System. 2016 Aug 22 - 12 citations
Bowel perforation presenting with acute abdominal pain and subcutaneous emphysema in a 14-year-old girl with an abandoned distal peritoneal shunt catheter: case report.
Gerald J Riccardello, Luke K Barr, Luigi Bassani> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2016 May 6 - 4 citations
Delayed Occipital Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Blunt Force Trauma
Abhinav R Changa, Ahmed Meleis, Luigi Bassani> ;World Neurosurgery. 2016 May 1 - Join now to see all
Abstracts/Posters
Vagus nerve stimulation for children with treatment refractory epilepsy: a consecutive series of 141 children? 18 years of age.
Bassani L,Elliott RE, Rodgers SD,Morsi A, Geller EB, Carlson C, et al, AANS/CNS Joint Section Pediatric Neurosurgery Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OHOpen vs. endoscopic resection of calvarial inclusion cysts: a single center’s experience with 128 consecutive cases.
Bassani L, Ma T, Tanweer O, Engler J, Elliott R, Harter DH and WisoffJH, AANS/CNS Joint SectiononPediatricNeurosurgery, Annual Meeting, Austin, TXResection of intraventicularsubependymal giant cell astrocytomas in tuberous sclerosis complex: a review of 21 consecutive cases.
Bassani L, Rodgers S, Roth J, Devinsky O,Carlson C, Wisoff JH, Weiner HL and Harter DH, AANS/CNS Joint SectiononPediatricNeurosurgery, Annual Meeting, Austin, TX- Join now to see all
Lectures
Pediatric neurosurgery update: from a novel baclofen pump technique to neuroendoscopic advancements.
Neurosurgical Grand Rounds, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NYSubependymal giant cell astrocytoma in tuberous sclerosis complex: current trends and future directions.
New York State Neurosurgical Society Resident Research Night, New York, NY
