Michael Schulder, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair inthe Department of Neurosurgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is the Program Director of neurosurgical residency training at the Zucker SOM, Director of the Brain Tumor Center of the Northwell Neuroscience Institute, co-Director of the Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Northwell Cancer Institute. particular areas of focus include image-guided brain tumor surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and functional neurosurgery, on which he has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers along with numerous book chapters and abstracts.

Dr. Schulder runs Northwell’s clinical trials programs for patients with brain tumors. He has been the principal investigator on numerous trials, pioneering the use of various methods of image guidance in neurosurgery, including functional and intraoperative MRI.

Dr. Schulder was director at large of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, which he also served as the Historian. He is the Past President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and the New York Society of Neurosurgery. He has served as the Secretary of The Radiosurgery Society and currently is an Advisor to the board of directors of the RSS. Dr. Schulder is on the editorial board of several major neurosurgical journals, including Neurosurgery, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. He recently served for five years on the Journal of Neurosurgery editorial board. Dr. Schulder is the editor of The Handbook of Stereotactic Neurosurgery and a co-editor of Functional Neurosurgery: The Essentials. He has been named to Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors of the New York Metro Area for more than 20 years in a row, and is an elected member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (where he currently serves as Historian) and the Society of Neurological Surgeons.

Dr. Schulder received his MD from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and further advanced his training in stereotactic neuro-oncology at the University of Florida and at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.