Dr. John Braca

Dr. John A. Braca, III, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery as the Chief of Neurosurgery for Central and North Central Pennsylvania in October 2023. Dr. Braca oversees clinical operations in the eight Neurological Institute locations that serve Annville, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Spring Grove, and Williamsport.

Dr. Braca received his medical degree from New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y., and completed his undergraduate training with a degree in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Fordham University, Bronx, NY. He completed his residency training in neurological surgery with Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, and his post-residency CAST-accredited fellowship training in endovascular and cerebrovascular surgery with Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.In addition, Dr. Braca completed a complex spine surgery intra-residency fellowship as part of his training at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.

Dr. Braca is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Braca specializes in treating patients with intracranial aneurysms, cerebral and spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery stenting, ischemic stroke intervention, endoscopic minimally invasive skull base surgery, pituitary tumors, brain tumors, spine tumors, degenerative spine disease, cervical myelopathy, motion preservation spine surgery, and trigeminal neuralgia/facial pain syndromes. Before joining UPMC, Dr. Braca served as an endovascular neurosurgeon with Tower Health, Reading, PA, where he also held an academic position of assistant professor with the department of neurosurgery at Drexel College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.