Edward J. Zampella, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Edward Zampella received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and his M.D. from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. His post-graduate training was completed at The Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his residency training was completed at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, as well as the Children’s Hospital of Alabama (pediatric neurosurgery). He completed post-doctoral neurology training at the Hospital for Nervous Diseases: Queen Square in London, England. Dr. Zampella achieved his Board Certification in Neurological Surgery in 1991 from the American Board of Neurological Surgeons. He also holds Board Certification in Pain Management. Dr. Zampella is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. Areas of clinical interest include: Functional, Restorative and Stereotactic Neurosurgery; neurosurgical treatment of chronic pain: Spinal Cord Stimulation/Intraspinal Drug Infusion; Trigeminal Neuralgia; neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders/tremor/spasticity: Intracranial Stimulation/Intraspinal Drug Infusion; Implantation of Vagal Nerve Stimulators for the treatment of refractory epilepsy; Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Functional and Therapeutic; Pediatric Neurosurgery: Brain / Spinal Tumors, Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Craniosynostosis and Endoscopic Surgery. In addition, Dr. Zampella maintains an interest in general neurosurgery that includes Brain/Spinal Tumors in Adults, Spine Surgery and Extracranial Carotid Surgery.