Neurosurgeons
Dr. David Estin, F.A.C.S.
Dr. Estin is a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine. He performed his internship at Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and his residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
With his main office in central New Jersey and his faculty position at Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Estin helped to establish a center of excellence for neurosurgery in the communities of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
He specializes in the treatment of brain tumors, as well as spinal disorders. He is well-versed in the use of advanced radiosurgery for the eradication of brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr. Timothy Link
Dr. Link is a neurosurgeon with Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey in West Long Branch. He graduated from Tufts University of Medicine in Massachusetts and completed a Complex Spine Fellowship with Volker Sonntag at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
He has a special interest in adult deformity and spinal disorders, including degenerative traumatic infectious and oncological pathologies. Further, he has an interest in applying minimally invasive approaches and techniques to the entire spine, as well as implementing global spinal balance considerations when evaluating and treating more complex spinal disorders. Of general interest to Dr. Link is adult neuro-oncology involving the central and peripheral nervous systems requiring surgical and/or radiosurgical intervention.
Dr. Jonathan Lustgarten
Dr. Lustgarten is Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at Monmouth Medical Center. A Clinical Instructor of Neurosurgery at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons, Dr. Lustgarten founded and directs the Central New Jersey division of Neurological Associates of New Jersey, a practice affiliated with Columbia University’s world-reknowned Department of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Lustgarten’s experience is extensive, specializing in advanced microsurgical treatment of brain tumors, pituitary gland and spine tumors and trigeminal neuralgia.
His surgical accomplishments include the introduction of frame-based and frameless navigational techniques to this region of New Jersey, which greatly increase the accuracy and safety of brain and spinal surgery. He helped establish the David Zocchi Brain Tumor Center at Monmouth Medical Center, a leading program in New Jersey for advanced comprehensive multispeciality care of brain tumor patients.
A graduate of Harvard College, Dr. Lustgarten obtained his medical degree at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed a general surgery internship, neurosurgical residency and chief residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Lustgarten has published and presented work on spinal tumors, regeneration, and the use of image guidance for brain surgery. He is a member of numerous national neurosurgical organizations and is currently president of the New Jersey Neurosurgical Society.