Mark J. Hornyak, M.D., a board certified neurosurgeon, has joined Bassett Healthcare Network as chief of neurosurgery at Bassett Medical Center. Dr. Hornyak most recently worked in the Detroit area where he was chief of neurosurgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital, an assistant professor at Wayne State University and cared for patients at the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital.

He earned his undergraduate degree at Loyola College and his medical degree at University of Maryland School of Medicine, both in Baltimore, Md. He completed his residency in neurosurgery at New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y., and a fellowship in skull base surgery at University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Dr. Hornyak is a general neurosurgeon, surgically treating the breadth of neurological disorders of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves. Dr. Hornyak specializes in treating intracranial tumors and other lesions in and around the brain. He is an active member of several medical societies has been published in a variety of neurosurgical journals.

Dr. Hornyak has also been active in his community as a physician coordinator for the Think First Foundation.

Dr. Hornyak sees patients in Cooperstown at the Surgical Outpatient Clinic, at Oneonta Surgical Specialties and Herkimer Health Center.

 neurology, neurosurgery, brain, peripherial nerves, spine