Neurosurgery at Alexian Neurosciences Institute

Our Doctors

Szymon Sami Rosenblatt, M.D.

Sami Rosenblatt, M.D., was appointed Medical Director of Neurological Surgery at Alexian Brothers Neurosciences Institute January 1, 2008. He is a board certified neurosurgeon and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. His practice comprises various aspects of general neurosurgery including the treatment of brain tumors, aneurysms, arterial malformations as well as degenerative spine disease and spine tumors.

Dr. Rosenblatt’s special interests include cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. He is dedicated to the neurosurgical treatment of a variety of chronic pain disorders. He employs various treatment modalities for trigeminal neuralgia such as electrofrequency rhizotomy, stereotactic radiosurgery and microvascular decompression. Dr. Rosenblatt has significant experience implanting dorsal column spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal morphine pumps for chronic pain of various etiologies. Dr. Rosenblatt has implanted a large series of intrathecal baclofen pump for patients with spasticity as a result of central nervous system disease or injury.  His interest in skull base tumors, including acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, pituitary tumors and head and neck malignancies, is reflected in numerous authored publications.

Dr. Rosenblatt earned his medical degree from the University  of Düsseldorf, School of Medicine in Germany and completed his residency in Neurosurgery at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois in 1994. During his training, he completed research fellowships at The House Ear Institute in Los Angeles and The Stroke Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.  Following his residency, Dr. Rosenblatt continued his specialty training with a fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Mayfield Neurological Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Fellowship training in both cerebrovascular and skull base in combination with his extensive experience makes Dr. Rosenblatt ideally suited to treat the most complex and challenging brain tumors. 

From 1996 – 2008 Dr. Rosenblatt practiced at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and its affiliated hospitals.  Dr. Rosenblatt has published many articles and book chapters on various aspects of cerebrovascular surgery and skull base surgery.   

Dr. Rosenblatt speaks both English and German and is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, The Congress of Neurological Surgeons, The American Medical Association, Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgeons, Joint Section of Disorder of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.