Alejandro J. Betancourt, MD, earned recognition as a 2017 Top Doctor in Harlingen, Texas.
Here are seven highlights:
1. Top Doctor Award recipients demonstrate "clinical excellence while delivering the highest standards of patient care."
2. He is a founding member of Harlingen Spine and Neurosurgical Institute, where he currently treats patients.
3. Dr. Betancourt is affiliated with Edinburg, Texas-based Cornerstone Regional Hospital, Harlingen-based Valley Baptist Medical Center, Brownsville, Texas-based Valley Regional Medical Center, Harlingen Medical Center, Edinburg-based Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance and Edinburg-based South Texas Health System.
4. In practice for nearly two decades, Dr. Betancourt specializes in brain aneurysm, cerebrovascular disease, hydrocephalus, meningiomas, spina bifida, cerebral hemorrhage and cranial trauma.
5. He performs spinal fusion, complex spine surgery, kyphoplasty, neuroplasty, neuromodulation and brain surgery.
6. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
7. Dr. Betancourt completed his residency at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan.