Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Stony Brook University treating adult and pediatric patients.
Completed residency at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University in Montreal (North America’s first dedicated neuroscience institute);
CAST Accredited Skull Base and Cerebrovascular Surgery fellowship in Salt Lake City, Utah; Pediatric Neuro-oncology research fellowship in Paris, France (largest pediatric neurosurgical center in Europe); Pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Ranked #1 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals 2024–25).
Applying technological solutions to solve challenging problems in medicine.
Received PhD in the Integrated Program in Neuroscience at The Montreal Neurological Institute/McGill University using AI and virtual reality neurosurgical simulation in the Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre.
Alexander Winkler-Schwartz
MDCM, PhD, FRCSC, FAANS
Neurosurgeon, Neuroscientist, AI and Surgical Education Researcher
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Assistant Professor, Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Stony Brook University​
EDUCATION
2017-2023
INTEGRATED PROGRAM IN NEUROSCIENCE
Ph.D.
Thesis: Improving neurosurgical operative performance through virtual reality simulation and artificial intelligence (download here)
McGill University, Montreal, QC
2010-2014​
MEDICINE
M.D.C. M.
McGill University, Montreal, QC
2009-2010​
MEDICINE PREPARATORY YEAR
McGill University, Montreal, QC
2007-2009
HEALTH SCIENCE
D.E.C.
Marianopolis College, Montreal, QC
Honour Roll and Dean’s List
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
2024-2025
PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY FELLOWSHIP
DR. MANGANO
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati,
2023-2024
PEDIATRIC NEURO-ONCOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
DR. BLAUWBLOMME
Necker Children's Hospital, Paris, France
2022-2023
SKULL BASE AND CEREBROVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY FELLOWSHIP
DR. COULDWELL
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2021​
NEURO-ONCOLOGY CLINCAL FOCUS
DR. PETRECCA
Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, QC
2020​
CHIEF NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT
McGill University, Montreal, QC
2014-2022
NEUROSURGERY RESIDENCY
F.R.C.S.C.
McGill University, Montreal, QC
Penfield Award Top Graduating Resident
2017-2019​
CLINICIAN INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
F.R.C.S.C.
McGill University, Montreal, QC
2016-2017​
GLOBAL CLINICAL SCHOLARS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
With Distinction, 1st Place Capstone Project