Three New Papers From Dr. Souweidane's Team Expand Pedi(...)
Dr. Souweidane Contributes to Germ Cell Tumor Consensus Statement
In an international collaboration to describe effective treatment strategies for intracranial germ cell tumors, Dr. Mark Souweidane and two dozen investigators from Europe and North America have published a new consensus statement to guide decision making. The paper, "Intracranial germ cell tumors in Adolescents and Young Adults: European and North American consensus review, current management and future development," was published in the November 1, 2021, issue of the journal Neuro-...
$9M Grant for Parkinson's Disease Tops List of Research Funding
The recent announcement that Dr. Michael Kaplitt has been awarded a three-year, $9 million grant to study Parkinson's disease is the latest in a series of funding awards that are fueling innovation at Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery. Dr. Kaplitt's grant, from the Aligning Sciences Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative, will put him at the helm of an ambitious and innovative...
Dr. Kaplitt Awarded $9M Grant to Study Gut-Brain Connection in Parkinson's
Dr. Michael Kaplitt, a professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and a longtime leader in developing cutting-edge surgical therapies for movement disorders, leads a team that has been awarded a three-year, $8.9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative.
The grant will fund an ambitious and innovative multi-institutional collaborative effort to study how abnormal protein aggregates may spread from the gut to the brain to drive the...
#1 in Neurosurgery in the World (Yes, the World!)
Newsweek magazine has released its 2022 rankings of hospitals worldwide in 10 specialties, and the neurosurgery service at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian was ranked #1. More than 40,000 medical experts were asked to choose the top hospitals in the world for 10 specialties, and the combined neurosurgery service at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University emerged at the very top of the global list.
Former Global Fellow Cheserem Wins Leadership Scholarship
We are delighted to learn that one of our former Global Neurosurgery Fellows in Tanzania, Dr. Beverly Cheserem, has been selected as one of three winners of a new Future Women Leaders in Neurosurgery Scholarship from the CNS Foundation (CNSF). The scholarship will allow Dr. Cheserem to attend the Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School.
The CNSF established the Future Women Leaders in Neurosurgery Scholarship this year as a means of supporting early-career...
Dr Härtl Appointed First Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery
Thanks to a generous $3 million commitment from the Hansen-MacDonald family, the Executive Committee of the Board of Fellows of Weill Cornell Medicine has appointed Dr. Roger Härtl as the inaugural Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery. The Hansen-MacDonald family established the endowed professorship to support Weill Cornell Medicine's tripartite mission to care for patients, conduct research to advance the standard of care,...
Dr. Kaplitt Treats First Patient in New Clinical Trial for Parkinson's Disease
On June 12, 2021, Dr. Michael Kaplitt treated the first patient in a new clinical trial, "Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Bilateral Exablate Ablation of the Pallidothalamic Tract (PTT) for the Treatment of the Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease (PD)." In this procedure, Dr. Kaplitt performed an ablation of the pallidothalamic tract (PTT) using high-intensity focused ultrasound to deliver highly targeted...
Neurosurgery Celebrates Resident Graduation 2021
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Weill Cornell Medicine Neurosurgery Department held a festive outdoor graduation celebration for Dr. Whitney Parker and Dr. Justin Schwarz, who have completed their seven-year training period in neurological surgery here. The graduation ceremony was especially celebratory this year after last year's Zoom graduation, featuring the annual toasts and roasts to celebrate the freshly minted neurosurgeons.
"We are extremely pleased that our...
Dr. Hartley Wins 2021 Apuzzo Award; Dr. Bander Awarded 2021 Gaposchkin Prize
Dr. Benjamin Hartley has been named the winner of the 2021 Michael L. J. Apuzzo Resident Literature Award for Creativity and Innovation. Dr. Hartley was honored for "PrIMES: An Innovative Mentorship Program to Increase Underrepresented Minority Matriculation into Medical School," to be published by Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Schools.
"This paper and this program truly...
Dr. Stieg Presents Grand Rounds on AVMs
Dr. Philip E. Stieg, chairman, recently presented a Grand Rounds with the Seattle Science Foundation on AVMs, which is a topic on which he is an internationally renowned expert.
Covid on the Cover of World Neurosurgery
It would be impossible to overstate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which shattered norms and upended lives around the globe. It certainly created shock waves within neurosurgical departments, perhaps nowhere more than here in New York City, which was struck early and hard by the first surge of cases in March and April 2020.
The story of that first surge, and its devastating fallout, is chronicled in our April 2021 cover package in the journal World Neuro­surgery. In...
Match Day 2021: Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery Meets Its New Residents
After a months-long process of interviews and evaluations, the matches have been made: Nalini Tata and Natasha Kharas will join the neurosurgical residency program at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian this summer. In an unusual year of firsts due to Covid, including virtual interviews, informational videos, and live remote interactions to provide a personal sense of our program, this year our announcement includes a more historic first: Both of our new residents are women...
Dr. Pannullo Honored As Educator and Mentor
Dr. Susan Pannullo has recently been honored by both Weill Cornell Medicine and The Washington Center as an outstanding educator and mentor.
In March, Dr. Pannullo was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Washington Center (TWC), on whose board she has served since 2007. TWC, which is based in Washington, DC, is an academic institution that provides internships and academic seminars for undergraduate students around the world, many of whom are from groups...
Spine Research Assistant Position Available
Dr. Roger Härtl is currently seeking candidates for a research assistant position. Ideal candidates are undergraduates seeking to enhance their resume before application to graduate school or medical school, or recent college graduates interested in neurosurgical research. A research background is preferred.
This is a full-time, one- to two-year position at Weill Cornell Medical College, Neurological Surgery, reporting to Dr. Roger Härtl, chief of spinal surgery....
2020: An Unusual (and Unusually Accomplished) Year in Neurosurgery
Our chairman, Dr. Philip E. Stieg, takes you through the news and updates at Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center during an extraordinary pandemic year. We've increased regional services, expanded our expertise, implemented a telemedicine program, and so much more! We look forward to being back - but in truth, we never left!
Dr. Marongiu Awarded NIH-NIA Grant to Study Menopause Effects on Development of Alzheimer's
Roberta Marongiu, PhD, has been awarded a two-year, $275,000 NIH-NIA R21 grant and an additional $125,000 administrative supplement to the NIH-NIA R21 to study the effects of menopause on the development of Alzheimer's disease. The pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (amyloid β, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic and neuronal loss, and chronic gliosis) are laid down starting 20 years before clinical symptoms appear, at about the time of perimenopause in women. Yet very little is...
Dr. Souweidane Awarded Honorary Fellowship Award
Dr. Mark Souweidane, the Vice Chairman of Neurological Surgery and Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named as a 2021 recipient of the Weill Cornell Medical College Honorary Fellowship Award.
The Honorary Fellowship Award, established in 1970 by the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association Board of Directors, selects two outstanding non-alumni who have "...
Dr. Cisse Awarded DoD Grant to Study Transcription Factors in Gliomas
Babacar Cisse, MD, PhD, has been awarded a Department of Defense grant to investigate how transcription factors regulate the development, function, and maintenance of microglia in glioma. The highly competitive Career Development Award is intended to support early-career cancer investigators as they conduct innovative studies under the mentorship of an experienced researcher. The three-year, $400,000 award will support Dr. Cisse's novel work as he first investigates the normal...
Dr. Pannullo to Judge Stump the Professor Night
Dr. Susan Pannullo, Director of Neurosurgical Radiosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, will serve as a judge in the upcoming "Stump the Professor" event hosted by the New York Society of Neurosurgery. In this annual event, neurosurgical residents present complex cases to a panel of neurosurgeons. This year's event will be held on January 28, 2021, at 7 pm (online due to the pandemic). The three professors to be challenged are Dr. Jamie Ullman, Director of Neurotrauma at North Shore...
Dr. Schwartz Reports on Success of Keyhole Approach for Olfactory Groove Meningioma
Dr. Theodore Schwartz, Vice Chair for Clinical Research and David and Ursel Barnes Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery, recently published a paper detailing the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to treat olfactory groove meningiomas (OGMs). Dr. Schwartz and his co-authors determined that an eyebrow incision keyhole craniotomy with endoscopic assistance was a safe and effective alternative to open...
Medical Student Christopher Babu Wins at College Research Day
Christopher Babu, a second-year medical student at Weill Cornell Medical College, won the third-place prize at the 2020 Weill Cornell Medical College Research Day, which was hosted virtually this year due to the pandemic. Babu presented a research study he completed with Dr. Theodore Schwartz and neurosurgical residents Joseph Carnevale and Jacob Goldberg, along with Reginald Fong, a neurosurgery resident from Geisinger Medical Center who spent his research year in Dr. Schwartz's lab...
Dr. Fu Elected to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
Dr, Kai-Ming Fu, Director of the Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Program as well as Chief of Neurosurgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan, was elected as a new member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, a publication of the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group. This prestigious position gives Dr. Fu the responsibility of reviewing articles for this preeminent journal in the field of spinal neurosurgery.
The Journal of Neurosurgery...
Two Papers Show Disparities in Neurosurgical Research and Outcomes
Two journal articles published by Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery faculty this year demonstrate that we still have a long way to go to erase disparities in health care, even within neurosurgery. Although we provide every patient with the very best care we can, regardless of their economic status or ethnic identification, the disparities continue to exist. As these two studies suggest, by the time a patient arrives in our office their backgrounds have already influenced...
Four Neurosurgery Physician Assistants Garner PA of the Year Nominations
The Department of Neurological Surgery is extremely proud that four of our Physician Assistants were nominated this year for campus-wide awards. Three (Allison Basham, Beth Higgins, and Chloe Holland)...
Dr. Knopman Named Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology
Dr. Philip Stieg, Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has named Dr. Jared Knopman Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology. Dr. Knopman is an expert in advanced minimally invasive approaches to cerebrovascular disorders and has been a pioneer in the use of middle meningeal artery embolization for subdural hematomas. In his new role Dr. Knopman will direct...
Dr. Stieg Reflects on Building a Neurosurgical Career
Dr. Stieg recently appeared on an episode of The Surgeon Agent to talk about how neurosurgical careers evolve:
Dr. Ramakrishna Awarded Grants to Study Glioma
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna has been awarded grants from the Rhodes Center for Glioblastoma and from Nico Corp.
#BlackInNeuroWeek Features Fellow Dr. Beverly Cheserem
Our neurosurgery fellow in Tanzania, Dr. Beverly Cheserem, was spotlighted during the #BlackInNeuroWeek social media campaign. The #BlackInNeuroWeek campaign takes place from Monday, July 27 to Sunday, August 2 and aims to create a space dedicated to spotlighting success and supporting black professionals in the neurosciences.
Dr. Cheserem's journey to neurosurgery started when she was working as a junior doctor in London. She was fascinated by the spectrum neurosurgery operated in,...
The #1 Hospital, #1 Neurology and Neurosurgery Service in New York
It's our 20th year in a row as the number one hospital in New York, and the number one neurology and neurosurgery service in New York, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. We're also proud to have risen to be the #3 neuro service in the nation.
It's no surprise — Weill Cornell Medicine's neurosurgeons are nationally known, and, in many cases, world-renowned specialists in their fields, which include cerebrovascular disorders such as aneurysms and AVMs, brain tumors, spine...
Dr. Hoffman Wins 2020 Dean's Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Award
Dr. Caitlin Hoffman, the diversity and inclusion champion in the department of neurological surgery, has been named a faculty winner of the Dean's Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Awards for her work with the PrIMES mentorship program she co-founded in 2018. The $50,000 grant will allow the program to develop technology to automate data collection and analysis as well as expand to serve additional populations and meet additional needs.
PrIMES (Program for Individualized...
Residency Graduation, Pandemic Style
On Friday, June 12, 2020, the Weill Cornell Medicine Neurosurgery Department held a virtual graduation celebration for Dr. Benjamin Rapoport and Dr. Thomas Link, who completed their seven-year training period in neurological surgery. The graduation ceremony is a highly anticipated event each year, with toasts and roasts all around, and the atmosphere was no less festive this year for being held over a Zoom meeting.
The graduation event includes an announcement of the winners of the...
Dr. Hussain Wins 2020 Apuzzo Award; Dr. Bander Takes Gaposchkin Research Award
At the resident graduation ceremony held Friday evening, Dr. Ibrahim Hussain was named winner of the 2020 Michael L. J. Apuzzo Resident Literature Award for Creativity and Innovation. Dr. Hussain, who is completing an enfolded fellowship in spinal neurosurgery this month, won the award for "Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy and Foraminotomy with...
Dr. Baaj's Virtual Global Spine Conference Attracts Worldwide Participation From Over 1,200 Attendees
Each week a growing community of spine surgeons from around the world meet together to discuss spine cases. Of course, in these unprecedented times this is all happening on Zoom. The Virtual Global Spine Conference, led by Dr. Ali Baaj, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Co-Director of the Spinal Defomrity and Scoliosis Program here at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center.
Dr. Baaj's initiative has...
Dr. Härtl Edits Global Spine Journal Supplement on 6T's
An April 2020 supplement to Global Spine Journal (GSJ), edited by Dr. Roger Härtl, spotlights "The 6 T's of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery." Written and edited by leading experts in minimally invasive spine surgery, the supplement explores the defining principles of MISS: Target, Technology, Techniques, Training, Testing, and Talent. As an internationally renowned expert in MISS, Dr. Härtl served as the invited editor of the supplement.
"It has been an honor for me to be...
Dr. Fu Featured on Spine-health.com
Dr. Kai-Ming Fu was featured on the popular resource website spine-health.com for contributing an article titled "Understanding the Causes of Tailbone Pain"
Please see below for an excerpt from the article:
"Coccydynia, commonly called ...
New Textbook Provides a Resource for Brain and Spine Metastases
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna, Director of the Brain Metastases program at Weill Cornell Medicine, along with Dr. Rajiv Magge, Dr. Ali Baaj, and Dr. Jonathan Knisely have published a new textbook titled Central Nervous System Metastases, which provides a contemporary resource for the medical and surgical management of brain and spine metastases. This text represents an international collaboration of experts aimed...
New Textbook Explores Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery in Children
Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield and Dr. Theodore Schwartz have published a new textbook, Pediatric Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery — the first textbook focused on the use of these complex procedures in children.
Dr. Kaplitt Performs First Brain Cell Transplant for Parkinson's Disease
In a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of doctors and researchers including Dr. Michael Kaplitt describe the first-ever implantation of a patient's own progenitor cells into the putamen region of the brain. The patient, who suffered from idiopathic Parkinson's disease, was treated on both left and right sides of his brain, six months apart. At 18 month and 24 months post-treatment, he shows improvement or stabilization of his symptoms; since the...
New Study Shows Improved Local Control of Brain Mets After Brachytherapy
A new study by Dr. Theodore Schwartz, Dr. Gabriella Wernicke, and colleagues at Weill Cornell Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, shows that implanted cesium-131 seeds are more effective for local control of a metastatic brain tumor than stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The results, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Neurosurgery, validate the use of ...
NewYork-Presbyterian Named Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has designated NewYork-Presbyterian as a "Blue Distinction Center" for Spine Surgery — the only New York City hospital selected for that designation. To be named a Blue Distinction Center, a facility must deliver high-quality, safe spine surgery, performed by skilled surgeons, and producing better outcomes.
"We are proud to carry this designation," says Dr. Roger Härtl, chief of spine surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine...
Dr. Hartley Wins Pioneers in Diversity Award
Dr. Benjamin Hartley, a resident in neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded the 2020 Pioneers in Diversity Bruce Laine Ballard, M.D. Award. The award recognizes commitment to improving student life and to fostering a supportive environment where all students are able to thrive. Dr. Hartley was recognized for his work as co-founder of the Primes Mentorship Program as well as his ongoing efforts to develop and expand the program.
Primes (...
New Trial Opens Blood-Brain Barrier Deep in the Brain of Alzheimer's Patients
Dr. Michael Kaplitt of Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Ali Rezai of West Virginia University, and a team of researchers from the United States and Israel have released a new study that validates the use of focused ultrasound to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease. The paper, "Noninvasive Hippocampal Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in...
Dr. Ramakrishna and Dr. Pannullo Publish on the Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgery
Two neurosurgical faculty members at Weill Cornell Medicine have published academic papers focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on neurosurgical and radiosurgical procedures in the midst of this public health crisis.
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna's paper, titled "Inpatient and outpatient case prioritization for patients with neuro-oncologic disease...
Louis Chang, MD, Appointed to Neurological Surgery Faculty
Neurosurgeon Louis Chang, MD, has been appointed to the faculty of the Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Chang, a board-certified neurosurgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive spine surgery and navigation, was previously the Chief of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore , Adjunct Assistant Professor in Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and Clinical...
Match Day 2020: Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery Welcomes Newest Residents
On a Match Day subdued by the COVID-19 restrictions, Umberto Tosi and Graham Winston were named as Weill Cornell Medicine's newest residents in neurological surgery. We are delighted that Umberto and Graham, who will complete their medical school education in May, will join us this summer to begin their rigorous seven-year training program.
Match Day is typically an...
Dr. Stieg Named First Hariri Professor of Neurological Surgery
The Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medicine have appointed Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD, as the first Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD '87, PhD '87 Professor of Neurological Surgery. The endowed fellowship was made possible through a $3 million gift from Dr. Robert Hariri (MD '87, PhD '87) and his wife, Margaret. The endowment will support continued groundbreaking research in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.
In announcing the...
In Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery, Experience Counts
As endoscopic endonasal surgery developed over the past two decades, it became recognized that the procedures required a steep learning curve. Patient outcomes were known to improve as a surgeon continued to perfect the techniques, after which that surgeon was considered to have achieved mastery. A recent paper published by ...
Vanguard High School Students Visit the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
To further our commitment to mentorship, the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center hosted a group of students from nearby Vanguard High School for a day of education and discovery. The 11th-grade students participated in tours, presentations, and demonstrations about the many different careers available in a wide range of occupations that are essential to the day-to-day operations of a hospital.
The students began their day with a tour of our Molecular Neurosurgery and...
Three New Papers From Souweidane Team Expand Pediatric Brain Tumor Canon
Dr. Mark Souweidane has published three new academic articles on pediatric neuro-oncology. Together with previously published papers that resulted from Dr. Souweidane's Phase I clinical trial testing convection-enhanced delivery (CED) for brainstem gliomas, these new papers significantly expand scientific knowledge in the field.
Dr. Ali Baaj Featured in Spine Universe Case Study
A case from Dr. Ali Baaj and spine fellow Dr. Ibrahim Hussain was recently featured in the Spine Universe Case Study library. The online library places spine cases from around the country in front of fellow spine surgeons for discussion and review.
The featured case focused on a 30-...
The Earliest Mentorship: Fifth Graders Learn About Medicine
Demonstrating our commitment to mentorship at the earliest ages, the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center recently hosted dozens of potential health care providers for an exciting day of learning and fun. The fifth graders, all from St. Ignatius Loyola School in Manhattan, explored the fields of neurosurgery, laboratory medicine, trauma, hematology, and pathology, and even got a lesson in what to do about bleeding.
Three groups of 20 students each toured different areas of the...
Dr. Apuzzo, Visiting Professor at University of Toronto, Delivers Hudson Lecture
Dr. Michael L.J. Apuzzo was recently invited to spend a week as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto, where he presented a variety of seminars and lectures, led a Town Hall meeting with residents and fellows, and delivered the annual Alan and Susan Hudson Lecture. Dr. Alan Hudson is widely credited with having transformed the delivery of health care in Canada; the prominent neurosurgeon spent a decade as president and CEO of the University Health Network in Toronto — a...
Dr. Parker Named Winner of 2019 Kenneth Shulman Award
Whitney Parker, MD, PhD, a sixth-year resident in neurosurgery at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, was awarded the 2019 Kenneth Shulman Award from the Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). This award, given each year at the annual meeting of the Joint Section, is given to the best paper presented by a resident-in-training. Dr. Parker's...
Dr. Ali Baaj Releases New Book on Revision Spine Surgery
Dr. Ali A. Baaj recently released a new book titled Revision Spine Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls. Co-authored with Dr. Gregory D. Schroeder and Dr. Alexander R. Vaccaro from the world-renowned Rothman Orthopedic Institute,...
Dr. Schwartz Delivers Alfred Washington Adson Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Theodore Schwartz, the David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, was invited to deliver the 2019 Alfred Washington Adson Distinguished Lecture at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 16, 2019. Dr. Alfredo Quinones, Chair of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, and Chair emeritus Dr. Robert Wharen joined him on stage for...
Dr. Baaj to Serve on SRS Education Committee
Dr. Ali A. Baaj, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Co-Director of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center's Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Program, has accepted an invitation to serve on the education committee of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) for the 2019-2020 term. The SRS, considered one of the top international spinal deformity organizations, has traditionally...
Dr. Parker Becomes Two-Time Winner of the Gaposchkin Prize
Fifth-year neurosurgical resident Whitney Parker MD, PhD, was awarded the 2019 Christopher Gaposchkin Research Prize in Neurological Surgery for her presentation at the annual Resident Research Day on June 13, 2019. Dr. Parker's winning presentation was "Generating Patient-Based Models of Neurodevelopmental Disorders to Uncover Disease Mechanisms and Effective Treatments."...
Dr. Fu Named Chair of NeuroPoint Alliance Ad Hoc Committee
Dr. Kai-Ming Fu, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in Spinal Surgery and Co-Director of the Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Program, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) and has been named chair of the organization's Ad Hoc Committee for the 2019-2020 year. In this role, Dr. Fu will lead the efforts of the committee to improve patient care through the development and evaluation of outcomes data.
The NPA...
The results of the 2019 National Residency Match were announced today, and the Department of Neurological Surgery is pleased to announce that Alexandra Giantini...
Dr. Thomas Link Wins 2018 Apuzzo Award
Fifth-year neurosurgical resident Thomas Link, M.D., has been named the winner of the 2018 Michael L. J. Apuzzo Resident Literature Award for Creativity and Innovation for "Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Series of 60 Cases". The Apuzzo Award, established in 2017, recognizes outstanding work by a Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgery resident that most exemplifies original thinking and creativity.
Dr. Link's paper explores an innovative procedure for...
Best Neurosurgeons in New York, 2018
The 2018 list of "Best Doctors in New York", published this week by New York magazine, includes eight neurosurgeons from the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain & Spine Center. This annual list names the top primary doctors and specialists in the New York metropolitan area. These highly respected physicians are a small subset of the 6,000 names in Castle Connolly Medical's list of "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area", published each April. This year's "Best Doctors" issue of New York ...
Dr. Theodore Schwartz's team publishes seizure propagation findings
From a new publication in the prestigious journal Brain, Dr. Theodore Schwartz and his lab team, in partnership with Dr. Catherine Schevon of Columbia University, describe laboratory findings that may have important implications for epilepsy in humans. The report, "Role of inhibitory control in modulating focal seizure spread", explains an observation that has long confounded epilepsy researchers: the distance between a seizure's focus, where it originates and where intense activity can be...
Dr. Philip Stieg awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor
At a ceremony in the Great Hall at Ellis Island on Saturday night, Dr. Philip E. Stieg, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was awarded the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor, which is an award recognized by Congress, is given annually to exceptional individuals for outstanding contributions in their field.
Weill Cornell Medicine Neurosurgery Residents Selected at Match Day 2018
The 2018 National Residency Match is complete and we are pleased to announce that Maricruz Rivera and Gary Kocharian will be joining our program in June. They have both already distinguished themselves in their young careers as future clinician-scientist leaders in our field and impressed us with their maturity, compassion and drive. We are proud to have the opportunity to train these two outstanding physicians.
Dr. Antonio Bernardo awarded Italian Order of Merit
Dr. Antonio Bernardo has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his remarkable achievements in the fields of neurosurgery and neuroscience. This knighthood is the highest ranking honor in Italy, awarded for merit in the fields of literature, art, economics and public service as well as social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities. Dr. Bernardo' investiture took place at the Italian Consulate in New York on June 2, 2017 – the anniversary of the founding of the...