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Kevin J. Mullins, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Diplomate, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Dr. Kevin J. Mullins is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes in the management of spinal and cranial disorders.  Dr. Mullins is the Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Neurosurgical Services at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center.  Dr. Mullins is the Chief of Neurosurgery at Southside Hospital and serves as the Director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Southside Hospital.  Dr. Mullins has been annually named as one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005 and was named Long Island’s top neurosurgeon by the Long Island Business News (2007).  He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of numerous local and national medical and neurosurgical societies to include the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons and the Congress of Neurologic Surgeons.

Dr. Mullins obtained his college education at Bucknell University where he graduated cum laude.  Dr. Mullins received his medical degree with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine.  Dr. Mullins completed his general surgery internship and residency in neurological surgery at the University of Rochester.  He then obtained advanced training in spine surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Mullins was a Clinical Associate in Neurological Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to returning to Long Island where he grew up.  Dr. Mullins founded South Shore Brain and Spine Specialists in 2000.

Dr. Mullins has performed over 2,500 neurosurgical operations and specializes in the management of neck and back problems.  Patients undergo a comprehensive evaluation with most patients managed with non-operative interventions such as physical therapy or pain management intervention.  For a minority of patients who require surgery, Dr. Mullins performs a full spectrum of surgical procedures that range from minimally invasive (Intradiscal Electrothermy, Nucleoplasty, Percutaneous Discectomy) to complex spinal reconstruction.  Dr. Mullins also has extensive experience in the surgical and radiosurgical management of primary and metastatic brain tumors.

PUBLICATIONS

Ransom ER, Komotar RJ, Mocco J, Connolly ES, Mullins KJ: Shunt Failure in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Vol. 13, Issue 5, June 2006, Pages 598-602

Kevin J. Mullins, MD, Ana Rubio, MD, Steven P. Myers, MD, David N. Korones, MD,
Webster H. Pilcher MD, PhD,: Malignant Ependymomas in a Patient with Turcot’s Syndrome:  Case Report and Management Guidelines.  Surgical Neurology.  49:290-294, 1998.

Kevin J. Mullins, MD, Steven P. Myers, MD, Ann Marie Kazee, MD, James M. Powers, MD, and Paul K. Maurer, MD,: Primary Solitary Amyloidosis of the Spine:  A Case Report and Review of the Literature.  Surgical Neurology.  48:405-408, 1997.

Steven P. Myers, MD, Kevin J. Mullins, MD, and Ann Marie Kazee, MD,:  Unifocal Amyloidoma of the Cervical Spine:  A Case Report.  J. Comp Assist Tom Vol. 20, No. 4, 592-593, 1996.

J. Lane, MD, F. Ghavimi, MD, P. Exelby, MD, L. Mandell, MD, K. Mullins, MD, and J. Bernstein, MD:  Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Appendicular Skeleton:  Survival and Treatment Considerations.  Chirurgia Degli Organi Di Movimento.  75(1 Supplement):  163-5, 1990.