The new owners of Hoboken University Medical Center have attracted the talent of a top neurosurgeon from New York University – Dr. Ramesh Babu, M.Ch, M.D.
Babu will now be doing work at HUMC, and also at Bayonne Medical Center.
Babu has extensive training throughout the world – including at New York University, in India, and also through a fellowship in Germany.
“I address all parts of neurosurgery, including facial pain, facial spasms, brain tumors, and tumors of the spine,” Babu said.
Babu is also an associate professor of clinical neurosurgery at NYU.
Dr. Babu has completed fellowships here in America and across the world.
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Babu said it’s no longer rare for doctors from New York City to cross the Hudson River and treat patients in northern New Jersey.
“A lot of doctors are now seeing patients in New York and New Jersey,” Babu said. “I’m not giving up any practices in New York or anywhere else, but more and more I see doctors having satellite offices in New Jersey.”
Babu earned a Magister Chirurgiae (M.Ch) in India. M.Ch degrees are extremely prestigious and are awarded for studies in specialty areas of medicine.
Babu came to NYU from India in 1985 and completed a residency again in New York. Then, he travelled to Germany for even more education.
As part of his American education, Babu also studied at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
“I have an interest in a couple of fields, including special pain and skull-based, complex tumors of the brain,” Babu said.
Babu said he believes there’s a “need and desire” for more surgeons like himself in the area.
“I came to learn about Hudson County through referrals, oncology friends, and I have a long relationship with Bayonne Medical Center through neurology groups,” Babu said. He said it could be easier sometimes to see patients in New Jersey, compared to New York.
“It is difficult for patients to pay $30 for parking to see me for 15 minutes,” he said, discussing the high cost of parking in New York City.
“I’m starting to do surgeries in Bayonne and Hoboken on a smaller scale,” Babu added.
He said he’s “a one stop shop” – meaning he can perform “every part of neurosurgery.”
A charitable doctor
Babu is married with three children, and has not lost touch with his roots in India.
“I support a lot of charity hospitals in India,” he said. “I’m very active in the Indian community, giving a lot of lectures. I have a very close relationship with a lot of Indian doctors in the Tri-State area.”
Babu recently donated $10,000 to the Facial Pain Research Foundation, an organization dedicated to finding a cure for trigeminal neuralgia, a disease known as the most painful disorder known to humans. The pain strikes near the eyes, nose lips, ears or teeth, sometimes disappears, and then returns, according to the foundation’s website.
In 2009, Babu received a Congressional Achievement Award in recognition of his service to his community, according to his website, NYCBrainSurgery.com.
Babu said he has become a big baseball and football fan since he moved to the United States in the mid-1980s. He’s received gold medals in medical school and has completed fellowships here in America and across the world.
Ray Smith may be reached at RSmith@hudsonreporter.com