– Dr. Paul R. Gigante

MD, FAANS

Brain Tumors

Chiari Malformation

Epilepsy

Movement Disorders

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Livingston

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About Dr. Paul R. Gigante

Dr. Gigante’s treatment philosophy is based on a conservative treatment approach to herniated cervical and lumbar discs, spinal degeneration, spinal tumors, fractures, and spinal fusions, utilizing advanced and minimally invasive surgical techniques where applicable. For patients with refractory chronic arm, leg, and back pain, Dr. Gigante performs spinal cord stimulation when all other conservative treatments have failed.

Meet Dr. Gigante

Dr. Gigante also specializes in the treatment of brain tumors in important functional areas of the brain, trigeminal neuralgia, and utilizes a novel frameless surgical technique to perform deep brain stimulation for patients with Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, and dystonia.

Dr. Gigante is now seeing patients at Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center in Livingston, New Jersey. He takes insurance and welcomes new and returning clients to his new office.

Training & Education

Dr. Gigante graduated from Harvard Medical School and went on to complete his Neurosurgical Residency and Chief Residency at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital. He then completed fellowship training at Stanford University in functional neurosurgery, focusing on frameless deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease and essential tremor; spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain; and surgical treatments of trigeminal neuralgia.

After completing his training, Dr. Gigante began practicing as neurological surgeon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During this time, Dr. Gigante performed spinal surgeries and implemented a Deep Brain Stimulation program for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, in conjunction with Fairview Health and the University of Minnesota Physicians.

Dr. Gigante then returned to the New York/New Jersey area in 2015 to join the Neurosurgeons of NJ, where he has spent years providing central New Jersey with high level, conservative spine surgery, including cervical and lumbar discectomy and fusions. Dr. Gigante is also one of the state’s few experts in spinal cord stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation, and continues to work on building programs for patients with Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and chronic pain.

Publications

See the research Dr. Paul R. Gigante has had published.

Hospital Privileges

In addition to working out of our Livingston office, Dr. Gigante has the ability to treat and admit patients at the following area hospitals.

The Valley Hospital
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Health
Hackensack Meridian Health – Montainside Mecidal Center
Atlantic Health System – Overlook Medical Center

Insurances

Aetna Medicare
Aetna Meritain & Assure
Aetna Signature (1199 & GEHA)
Aetna Whole Health
Clover Medicare – Case by Case exception
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Blue Card/Suitcase/PPO)
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ (commercial)
Horizon Braven Health (PPO, HMO-POS)
Braven Medicare Choice PPO
Braven Medicare Freedom PPO
Braven Medicare Group HMO-POS
Braven Medicare Access group HMO-POS
Medicare (Part A and Part B)
No Fault (New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accidents Only)
Omnia (tier 1)
Oxford Garden State Health Plan
Oxford Health Plan
UHC under Empire/NYSHIP plan
United HealthCare (commercial, including All Savers) UMR
Worker’s Comp- NJ Only

Dr. Gigante then returned to the New York/New Jersey area in 2015 to join the Neurosurgeons of NJ, where he has spent years providing central New Jersey with high level, conservative spine surgery, including cervical and lumbar discectomy and fusions. Dr. Gigante is also one of the state’s few experts in spinal cord stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation, and continues to work on building programs for patients with Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and chronic pain.

See the research Dr. Paul R. Gigante has had published.

In addition to working out of our Livingston office, Dr. Gigante has the ability to treat and admit patients at the following area hospitals.

The Valley Hospital
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
St. Joseph’s Health
Hackensack Meridian Health – Montainside Mecidal Center
Atlantic Health System – Overlook Medical Center
NYU Langone Health

Aetna Medicare
Aetna Meritain & Assure
Aetna Signature (1199 & GEHA)
Aetna Whole Health
Clover Medicare – Case by Case exception
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Blue Card/Suitcase/PPO)
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ (commercial)
Horizon Braven Health (PPO, HMO-POS)
Braven Medicare Choice PPO
Braven Medicare Freedom PPO

Braven Medicare Group HMO-POS
Braven Medicare Access group HMO-POS
Medicare (Part A and Part B)
No Fault (New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accidents Only)
Omnia (tier 1)
Oxford Garden State Health Plan
Oxford Health Plan
UHC under Empire/NYSHIP plan
United HealthCare (commercial, including All Savers) UMR
Worker’s Comp- NJ Only

Honors, Awards & Recognition

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Awards

Kenneth Schulman Award, AANS 2012
Joseph Collins Foundation Scholarship
Harvard Medical School OEP Research Grant
Small Fellowships Award

Valley Hospital Affiliate

Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award Recipient (2017)
Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cranial Neurosurgery (2017)
Five-Star Recipient for Cranial Neurosurgery (2017)

Ask the Doctor

What is Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s? – Dr. Paul R. Gigante

Dr. Paul Gigante is an accomplished neurosurgeon practicing out of our Livingston office. He is recognized as a leading spine surgeon for both minimally invasive and complex procedures.

Who is a Good Candidate for Deep Brain Stimulation? – Dr. Paul R. Gigante

Dr. Paul Gigante is an accomplished neurosurgeon practicing out of our Livingston office. He is recognized as a leading spine surgeon for both minimally invasive and complex procedures.

What is the Recovery Time After ACDF Surgery? – Dr. Paul R. Gigante

Dr. Paul Gigante is an accomplished neurosurgeon practicing out of our Livingston office. He is recognized as a leading spine surgeon for both minimally invasive and complex procedures.

Explain the Recovery After a Lumbar Microdiscectomy? – Dr. Paul R. Gigante

Dr. Paul Gigante is an accomplished neurosurgeon practicing out of our Livingston office. He is recognized as a leading spine surgeon for both minimally invasive and complex procedures.