Dr. Gentian Toshkezi, MD

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Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Gentian Toshkezi, who serves patients in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Being a highly-trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Toshkezi helps patients who are suffering from degenerative spine disease, spine trauma, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, peripheral nerve disease, hydrocephalus, chiari malformations, and chronic pain. He is an attending physician and, In his current capacity, he is Medical Director of Neurosurgery ate Meritus Medical Center. 

A 2000 graduate of the University of Medicine, Tirana in Albania, Dr. Toshkezi relocated to the United States to further his training. He performed his residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and his fellowship at Boston Medical Center in New York.

Continuing to work his talent for the benefit of others, he is an active member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, the French Language Neurosurgery Society, and AO Spine.

Sharing credit for his skill with the advances in neurological medicine, Dr. Toshkezi is optimistic about the future of his chosen career. He is Medical Director of Neurosurgery at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Maryland.  

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system. Neurosurgeons are doctors who diagnose and treat problems with the nervous system, often by performing surgery on the brain or spine. They treat strokes, tumors, certain types of birth defects, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

On a more personal note, Dr. Toshkezi speaks several languages, including English, French, Italian, and Albanian. He has lived in different countries and loves to travel.

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