Szymon Rosenblatt

Dr. Szymon (Sami) Rosenblatt is a board-certified neurosurgeon with more than four decades of experience in complex brain and spine surgery. Born in Tel Aviv and educated at the University of Düsseldorf, he trained at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University, and the Mayfield Neurological Institute, specializing in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery. 

Sami served as Region-wide Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Ascension Illinois Health Care System and Medical Director of the Alexian Brothers Neurosciences Institute from 2008 until his retirement in 2024. Earlier, he held faculty appointments at Northwestern University Medical School and Rush University Medical School. His expertise encompassed skull base surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, brain and spinal cord tumors, and surgery for facial pain and spinal disorders. 

Sami has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, directed the Skull Base Research Laboratory at Evanston Hospital, and served as faculty at major surgical conferences for more than a decade. Multiple peer selected honors include: top 1% of Most Honored Doctors by Castle Connolly, America’s Top Doctors – Neurological Surgery, and Top Doctors Chicago Magazine. Now retired, he is pursuing a next chapter translating a lifetime of leadership and intellectual curiosity into meaningful engagement.