Practicing at Long Island Brain & Spine · West Islip, NY

Advanced spine surgery through a minimally invasive approach.

Each operation is planned around your anatomy and the best available evidence — applying minimally invasive, robotic, and endoscopic techniques to reduce tissue injury, blood loss, and recovery time, with surgery reserved as a last resort.

Dr. Vassilios G. Dimopoulos, neurosurgeon
12+ yearsin spine & neurological surgery
12+ years in practice ABNS board certified Complex & minimally invasive spine fellowship, University of Miami English & Greek
Surgical approaches

Techniques chosen to fit the patient — not the other way around.

Where surgery is warranted, the goal is the smallest effective intervention. These approaches can often be combined, and the right choice depends on your diagnosis, anatomy, and goals.

Philosophy of care

Surgery is the last resort — not the first answer.

The majority of neck and back problems improve without an operation. The work begins with an accurate diagnosis and a genuine effort to exhaust appropriate non-surgical care first.

When surgery is truly indicated, the aim is a specific, anatomy-based plan that achieves the best clinical outcome through the least invasive solution possible.

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Conditions treated

From everyday disc problems to complex deformity.

A focused spine practice covering the degenerative, traumatic, and structural conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.

Degenerative disc disease Herniated disc Spinal stenosis Foraminal & lateral recess stenosis Spondylolisthesis Adult scoliosis & deformity Cervical deformity Chin-on-chest deformity Spine fractures Spinal tumors
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