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Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg, MD is a neurosurgeon who specializes in vascular diseases of the nervous system. He treats aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), dural arteriovenous fistulas (dural AVF), stroke, moyamoya disease, intracranial hemorrhage, carotid disease, cavernous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, in addition to brain tumors such as meningiomas.

Dr. Steinberg completed specialized training in both open and endovascular neurosurgery allowing him to offer patients comprehensive treatment options. This includes traditional open neurosurgical procedures such as aneurysm clipping in addition to minimally invasive endovascular procedures such as aneurysm coiling. He also specializes in cerebral bypass procedures, which are complex surgeries that provide more blood flow to the brain for various diseases. He believes in treating every patient as he would his own family member.

Dr. Steinberg completed his neurosurgery training at the University of California at San Diego, where he also completed a fellowship in neuroendovascular surgery. He spent additional time at Stanford Medical Center with a focus on open cerebrovascular neurosurgery and moyamoya disease. During his residency he received the Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Steinberg is additionally the director of the neurosurgical resident skull base lab, where he has contributed to the development of a novel surgical technique for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.

He has published numerous manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and regularly presents at national conferences. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the North American Skull Base Society.