Dr. Brett Youngerman

The Upper East Side office of Dr. Brett Youngerman, a specialist in complex spine and brain surgeries, sits at 1283 York Ave—a short walk from Lenox Hill Hospital. Referrals arrive from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Westchester for cervical and lumbar fusions, minimally invasive techniques, awake brain mapping, and spinal tumor removal. Pediatric and adult cases alike cross the desk here, with a focus on cranioplasty, peripheral nerve repair, and Chiari decompression when the anatomy demands precision. Urgent consults can be arranged the same day; if the imaging shows a fracture or herniation, the after-hours line stays open. Most patients travel by subway or parked cars along East 63rd–64th Streets, then walk the one block from the 6 train entrance. The building entrance sits flush with the sidewalk, no ramps required; once inside the elevator to the sixth floor, you’re steps from the clinic door. Insurance authorizations move through a dedicated coordinator rather than the front desk, keeping the paperwork from bogging down the pre-op timeline. Call before noon to schedule a new-patient visit, and bring any recent CT or MRI discs with you. The scheduler will confirm coverage details and mail you PDF copies of the intake forms to fill ahead of time, so your first hour can zero in on films and symptoms instead of paperwork. If you need to reach the office after five, the after-hours line picks up the same line; leave a message and a callback time. Find the building and pin your exact entrance with the map before you leave home—traffic in this stretch of York never behaves.