Dr. Bassani received his Bachelor of Arts, graduating cm laude, from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Bassani then completed his General Surgery internship and his Neurological Surgery residency at New York University Langone Medical Center. After completing his training, Dr. Bassani pursued subspecialty training in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Primary Children’s Hospital at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. After fellowship, he joined the Department of Neurological Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery. There he cared for pediatric patients with brain and spinal cord tumors, congenital spinal anomalies, hydrocephalus and traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. During his first year in practice, Dr. Bassani was named as one of New Jersey’s Favorite Kids’ Docs for Pediatric Neurosurgery for 2015 and 2017 in New Jersey Family magazine. Dr. Bassani specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of pediatric brain and spinal disorders, including hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, spasticity, spinal dysraphisms, epilepsy and vascular malformations such as Moyamoya, arteriovenous malformations and cavernous malformations. While practicing a broad range of pediatric neurosurgery, his subspecialty interests lie in the treatment of congenital craniovertebral junction anomalies, cervical spine trauma and pediatric brain tumors, mirroring the extensive clinical training in spinal disorders and brain tumors he obtained at Primary Children’s Hospital and NYU Langone Medical Center. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Bassani has published multiple articles and chapters on epilepsy, spasticity, cervical spine techniques and treatment of hydrocephalus. Dr. Bassani also practices general adult neurosurgery, focusing on primary brain tumors and brain metastasis, cervical and lumbar herniated discs and spinal degeneration and fractures, utilizing advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques where applicable. He is particularly interested in continuing care of adults with congenital pediatric neurosurgical pathology such as hydrocephalus (including normal pressure hydrocephalus) epilepsy, tethered cords, chiari malformations and spasticity.
