Dr. David Langer is Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is a third generation medical doctor and attended the University of Pennsylvania and its medical school. He completed his neurosurgical residency there and joined his chairman Eugene S. Flamm MD when he left Penn to embark on the establishment of a new neurosurgical institute in New York City in 1998. Dr. Langer has focused the majority of his clinical and academic attention to diseases of the brain vessels and is an internationally recognized expert in cerebral revascularization and cerebral aneurysms. Dr. Langer has published on and spoken both nationally and internationally on vascular disorders such as aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVM) of the brain and is one of the few remaining expert cerebral bypass surgeons in the country. Dr. Langer joined North Shore LIJ and Raj Narayan’s new academic neurosurgery department in 2010 after completing a fellowship at SUNY/Buffalo (see article link below). Early on Dr Langer established the Moyamoya center of New York and embarked on the development of a project focused upon the use of social networking technology and video to enhance the patient experience and improve the medical record. This project has grown into Goat Rodeo Health which continues to disrupt the status quo in patient communication and the current electronic medical record. In 2013 Dr. Langer was recruited to Lenox Hill Hospital as director of Neurosurgery to begin to build on a vision of not only an outstanding clinical entity in the Neurosciences but to create an entirely new environment for patients and their families. Dr. Langer’s experience as a surgeon, mentor, entrepreneur and visionary have allowed the Lenox Hill Neurosurgery team to exceed expectations as they move forward into the future. Dr. Langer has received a number of awards during his training and career including being a “Top Doctor” and New York Magazine “Best Doctor”. He is currently a peer reviewer for the journals Neurosurgery and AANS/Neurosurgeon and is on the medical advisory boards of Box Inc. and Cisco Systems. He is an active member of the AANS and the CNS. Dr. Langer has appeared on CNN, FOX, ABC and CBS as well as the Dr. Oz Show. He has also been frequently quoted in the New York Times and numerous other print news sources. David is married to his amazing MD wife Nancy and has 4 terrific kids Rachel, Sydney, Ben and Molly