August 29, 2019
New funding for PrIMES comes from a Cornell University program and will help our mentorship efforts expand and benefit mentees.
August 2, 2019
Dr. Scott Zuckerman will be based in the Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute, where he will evaluate patients, perform surgery, conduct research, and train Tanzanian surgeons.
July 30, 2019
Not only are we the Best Hospital in New York, but the Neurology and Neurosurgery service here is ranked as #1 in New York and #4 in the nation
July 23, 2019
Dr. Fu will lead the efforts of the committee to improve patient care through the development and evaluation of outcomes data.
July 18, 2019
Gleolan, dubbed "the pink drink," aids neurosurgeons by making tumors visible with a hot pink glow under microscopes outfitted with blue-light emitting filters.
July 12, 2019
In two surgeries a few weeks apart, the new robot showed what it can do for gene therapy and epilepsy surgery.
July 11, 2019
Pediatrics administrative assistant Erin Mack was named the first-ever winner of the Neurosurgery Outstanding Service Award for her work at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center. Erin serves as the sole administrative assistant to our three pediatric neurosurgeons: Dr. Mark Souweidane, Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, and...
July 5, 2019
The Weill Cornell Medicine Daedalus Fund for Innovation has awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant to Dr. Roger Härtl and his team for their proposal, “Total Disc Replacement Using Tissue Engineered Intervertebral Discs in the Porcine Cervical Spine.” The award allows the team to advance its pioneering research into bio-engineered replacement discs that may one day relieve the pain of degenerative disc disease in humans without the risk of complications inherent in current fusion and total disc...
June 28, 2019
The event was one of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Community Health Initiatives, bringing life-saving information about stroke to the Chinese community in Queens in their own language.
June 26, 2019
Babacar Cisse, MD, PhD, describes his amazing journey from Senegal to New York, his struggles to get a foothold in the United States, and his philosophy about taking care of his patients.
