Dr. Joshua T. Billingsley, MD

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Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Joshua T. Billingsley, who serves patients throughout the State of Illinois.

A top neurosurgeon specializing in neuro endovascular interventions, Dr. Billingsley diagnoses and treats brain, spine and nervous system conditions that include a wide variety of movement, memory, neuromuscular, and nerve disorders.

Currently, Dr. Billingsley is a part of a multidisciplinary team of specialists at Advocate Lutheran General Brain & Spine Institute in Park Ridge, Illinois. He is also affiliated with Advocate Good Samaritan Brain & Spine Institute in Downers Grove.

Among his various hospital affiliations include Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center, and Advocate Condell Medical Center.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He then went on to perform his residencies in neurological surgery at both Rush University Medical Center and the University of Louisville Hospital.

Furthering his education, Dr. Billingsley completed a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology at Rush University Medical Center, and an additional fellowship at the University of Florida.

Remaining at the forefront of his challenging field, he is board-certified through the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The broad aim of the ABNS is to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards and advance the science of neurological surgery and thereby serve the cause of public health.

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, cervical and lumbar disc disease, infections, and head or spinal cord injuries.

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