Andrea F. Douglas, MD

Chief of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of Neurosciences, Co-Director of the HSS Spine Center with Stamford Health

Patient Ratings Not Available

Info

About Me

Dr. Douglas began her career as an assistant professor of neurosurgery in 2006 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. In 2009, she moved to Fairfield County and became a partner in Greenwich Neurosurgery and developed the Connecticut Spine Institute, now Stamford Health Medical Group.

As a board-certified neurosurgeon with a generalized cranial and spinal neurosurgical practice, Dr. Douglas specializes in minimally-invasive spinal decompression and fusion techniques for degenerative, scoliotic, traumatic, and neoplastic spinal disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. She has been on staff at Stamford Hospital since 2009 and was named chief of the division of neurosurgery in 2014. Dr. Douglas has additional physician executive responsibilities as co-director of neurosciences and co-director of the HSS Spine Center with Stamford Health. In 2010, she was also appointed clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the NYU-Langone Medical Center, where she completed her neurosurgical training in 2006.

Dr. Douglas began her research career with the Policy Action Committee of the World Health Organization while a medical student, and participates in clinical research in spine surgery, collaborating with many regional and national spine surgeons on cost-effectiveness research. She has won numerous awards for scholarship and her clinical research.

Her personal hobbies include gardening, beekeeping, and photography.
  • Specialties

    Specialties

    Neurological Surgery

    Special Interests

    Brain Tumors
    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    Chiari Malformation
    Degenerative Cervical & Lumbar Spine Disorders
    Degenerative Disc Disease
    Degenerative Scoliosis
    Herniated Discs
    Hydrocephalus
    Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
    Spinal Stenosis
    Spinal Tumors
    Surgery for Spinal Trauma
    Trigeminal Neuralgia

    Languages

    English
    Spanish

  • Education & Training

    Medical School

    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    Internship

    New York University Langone Medical Center

    Residency

    New York University Langone Medical Center

    Fellowship

    New York University Langone Medical Center

  • Board Certifications & Affiliations

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery

    Affiliations

    Fellow of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons
    Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Patient Reviews & Comments

Info

All patient satisfaction ratings are submitted by patients who have confirmed email addresses. After their visit, these patients receive a survey within a few days. They complete the survey online, providing feedback on specific aspects of their care. We use this feedback to improve our services and ensure each patient has an exceptional experience. To respect our patients' time, we only send out surveys once every 90 days, regardless of how many times they visit the clinic.

Patient Ratings Not Available

Insurance Accepted

The below is a list of all insurance plans generally accepted by Stamford Health Medical Group. Please be sure to confirm insurance coverage and the provider's participation with your specific plan before scheduling your appointment.

¹ Including Medicare; excluding Aetna Premier Network
² Including Mediblue, CT Health Exchange Plans and a limited number of Empire BCBS plans; excluding BlueCare Prime
³ Including Medicare, Compass and CT Health Exchange Plans; excluding Individual Value Plan
⁴ Including Medicare

Published Work

The Efficacy of Lumbar Discectomy and Single-Level Fusion for Spondylolisthesis

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2013 Nov; 19(5):555–563. Authors: Ghogawala Z, Shaffrey CI, Asher AL, Heary RF, Logvinenko T, Malhotra NR, Dante SJ, Hurlbert RJ, Douglas AF, et al.

Muslin-Induced Intracranial Vasculopathic Stenosis: A Report of Two Cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2012 Jan; 114(1):63–67. Authors: Lee DW, Binning MJ, Shanmugam VK, Schmidt RH, Couldwell WT, Meyer M, Cupps T, Douglas A, McGrail K

Carotid Plaque Length and Parent Vessel Diameter Significantly Affect Baseline Ipsilateral Intracranial Blood Flow

Neurosurgery, 2011 Oct; 69(4):767–773. Authors: Douglas AF, Christopher S, Amankulor N, et al.

Occult Leptomeningeal Large Cell Medulloblastoma in an Adult

Clinical Neuropathology, 2009 May–Jun; 28(3):188–192. Authors: Rushing EJ, Smith AB, Smirniotopoulos JG, Douglas AF, Zeng W, Azumi N

Cervical Corpectomy and Strut Grafting

Neurosurgery, 2007 Jan; 60(1 Suppl 1):S137–S142. Authors: Douglas AF, Cooper PR, Lui YW

Perfusion and Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a Patient with Locked-In Syndrome After Neurosurgical Vascular Bypass and Endovascular Embolization of a Basilar Artery Aneurysm

Neurosurgery, 2006 Apr; 58(4):E794; discussion E794. Authors: Law M, Jafar JJ, Douglas AF, Nelson PK

If You Are in Need of Emergency Care, Call 911.

The majority of the physicians on the Stamford Hospital Medical Staff are not employees or agents of the Hospital. They are independent practitioners who have been granted the privilege of using the Hospital's facilities for the care and treatment of their patients. This includes, but is not limited to, emergency department physicians, anesthesiologists, radiologists, surgeons, cardiologists, obstetricians, pathologists and other consultants who may treat patients.

Insurance listings are subject to change at any time. Please verify insurance plan acceptance when scheduling an appointment with a healthcare provider.

Blogs I've Written

Our website uses cookies

This website uses cookies to give you the very best experience. Your continued use of this site is considered permission by you to use cookies in this manner. Please review our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for more information about the data we collect and the types of cookies we use. Please note, if you link off our website to a 3rd party site of any kind, that website has its own terms and conditions.