Neurosurgery

Offering the Region’s Most Advanced Neurosurgical Care

Learn More About Neurosurgery at South Shore Health System

Brigham and Women’s Neurosurgery at South Shore Health treats patients with a variety of neurological disorders including brain and spine tumors, trauma, degenerative spine disorders, and hydrocephalus.

Our specialists collaborate closely with others in our health system including neurologists, neuro-radiologists, physiatrists, orthopedists, pain specialists, physical and occupational therapists, and primary care doctors to ensure our patients get the best possible outcome. Our neurosurgeons are specialists in spinal surgeries that relieve back pain and restore function. They also specialize in treating brain tumors, brain AVM (arteriovenous malformation), and strokes. And, as the first and only Level II Trauma Center in Southeastern Massachusetts, we’re equipped to handle brain and spinal trauma and can perform complex spinal and cranial surgery when every second counts.

Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery at South Shore Health is located at 851 Main Street in South Weymouth, MA. We're committed to caring for patients from across the South Shore, including in Weymouth, Quincy, Braintree, Plymouth, Marshfield, Norwell, Hingham, Brockton, and Pembroke.    

Conditions We Treat

  • Adult-onset hydrocephalus
  • Advanced chronic pain
  • Brain hemorrhage
  • Brain tumors
  • Chiari malformation
  • Concussion
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Head trauma
  • Herniated cervical disc
  • Herniated lumbar disc
  • Lumbar stenosis
  • Metastatic brain tumors
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Spinal fracture
  • Spinal Stenosis 
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Sports-related head and spine injury
  • Tumors of the spine
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Ulnar nerve palsy

Treatments We Offer

  • Minimally invasive spinal surgery
  • Brain surgery with neuronavigation
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Stereotactic radiation therapy
  • Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt for adult hydrocephalus
  •  Image-guided cervical fusion
  • Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain
  • Intrathecal Baclofen pump for muscle spasticity
  • Cervical disc replacements
  • Laminectomy procedures
  • Endoscopic lumbar discectomy
  • Minimally invasive lumbar fusion
Ansay

Meet Dr. Ansay

Meet Dr. Tracy Ansay, a neurological surgeon at Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery at South Shore Health. She works with patients with disc herniations in the neck and back, as well as patients with tumors.
Dr. Stephen

Meet Dr. Stephen

Meet Dr. James Stephen, a neurological surgeon at Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery at South Shore Health. He enjoys working with the complexities of the brain, spine, and peripheral nerves.
rahal

Meet Dr. Rahal

Meet Dr. Jason Rahal, a neurological surgeon at Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery at South Shore Health. He has been caring for patients in our community with neurological problems for more than a decade.
dafford

Meet Dr. Dafford

Meet Dr. Kurtus Dafford, a neurological surgeon at Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery at South Shore Health. He's became interested in neurosurgery at a very young age because of his grandfather, and now cares for patients with adult degenerative deformities.

Meet Our Neurosurgeons

Tracey Ansay

Tracy L Ansay, MD

Neurological Surgery
Dr. Kurtus Dafford, Neurosurgeon

Kurtus A Dafford, MD

Neurological Surgery
Kristopher Kahle

Kristopher T Kahle, MD

Neurological Surgery
Dr. Jason Rahal, Neurosurgeon, South Shore NeuroSpine

Jason P Rahal, MD

Neurological Surgery
James Stephen

James H Stephen, MD, ME

Neurological Surgery
Trauma Surgery
Kai Frerichs

Kai U Frerichs, MD

Neurological Surgery

Meet the Rest of Our Team

Michael Brandle

Michael A Brandle, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
erica burke

Erica Burke, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
Rebecca Clapham

Rebecca A Clapham, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
Jenna Horowitz

Jenna E Horowitz, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
Sabrina Gamm

Sabrina Ellis, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
Kevin Huang

Kevin T Huang, MD

Neurological Surgery
Samantha Melton

Samantha L Melton, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
jazmine millin

Jazmine S Millin, PA-C

Neurological Surgery
Michael Mooney

Michael A Mooney, MD

Neurological Surgery
Stanley Mui

Stanley K Mui, PA-C

Neurological Surgery