Debra Petrucci, MD, of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital Spine Center is opening a new office in Stamford, Conn., according to the Digital Journal.
Here are four takeaways:
1. Board certified in neurosurgery, Dr. Petrucci specializes in complex spine surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
2. Dr. Petrucci is an associate professor in neurosurgery at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and an active physician for Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital.
3. She is the first woman to complete neurosurgical residency training at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital.
4. Previously, Dr. Petrucci served as chief of neurosurgery at White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital.