Emanuela Binello, MD, PhD, ScD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Binello specializes in conditions of brain tumors, pituitary tumors, spine tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve and spine degenerative disease. A prolific researcher, Dr. Binello has authored numerous papers in publications such as Surgical Neurology International, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, and Cancer. Her work has been presented nationally and internationally.

Publications

  • Published 4/3/2025

    Mendieta-Barrera CD, De Nigris Vasconcellos F, Mamani-Julian K, Freeman PI, Garcia-Torrico F, Salolin Vargas VP, Binello E. Comparison of chemonucleolysis and discectomy in the management of lumbar disc herniation: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Apr 03; 48(1):347. PMID: 40175852.

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  • Published 3/3/2025

    Wetsel ZP, Wadhwa A, Sconzo D, Binello E. Utility of standing radiographs in the evaluation of refractory low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy following a lumbosacral fusion: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2025 Mar 03; 9(9). PMID: 40030165.

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  • Published 2/10/2025

    Garcia-Torrico F, Mendieta CD, De Nigris Vasconcellos F, Salolin Vargas VP, Scalise M, Mamani-Julian K, Dias Vilela MA, Binello E, Benjamin C. Evaluating the effectiveness and complications of the Retrosigmoid, Translabyrinthine and Middle Fossa approaches in vestibular Schwannoma surgical management: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of 6,889 patients. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Feb 10; 48(1):229. PMID: 39930308.

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  • Published 12/13/2024

    Ravina K, Ladner L, Safransky M, Sconzo D, Wetsel ZP, Wadhwa A, Balagurunath K, Ahrens ML, Binello E. Effects of optimal versus suboptimal median household income on the surgically treated traumatic brain injury population at a level I trauma center in the Boston metropolitan area: a propensity score-matched analysis. J Neurosurg. 2025 Apr 01; 142(4):1025-1034. PMID: 39671591.

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  • Published 8/5/2024

    Windermere SA, Sconzo D, Askari A, Filippidis A, Binello E. Surgeon-led improvement in compliance with use of sequential compression devices in a neurosurgery patient population. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Aug 05; 13(3). PMID: 39107035.

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, ScD
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SM/ScM
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SB/ScB