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Weill Cornell Medicine Neuropsychology Team Presents Benefits of Computerized Working Memory Training

Taylor A. Liberta, a research assistant in neuropsychology at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

February 14, 2019

Results showed beneficial effects on several cognitive domains, and suggested that the program could improve certain aspects of behavioral outcomes

Dr. Roger Härtl Speaks at AOSpine Advanced Live Surgery Course in Lahore, Pakistan

February 7, 2019

Dr. Härtl leads talks and provides demonstrations on minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) in Lahore, Pakistan.

Global Neurosurgery 2019: A Practical Symposium

January 31, 2019

A recap of the Global Neurosurgery 2019 symposium held from Friday, January 18 to Saturday, January 19.

Dr. Michael Virk demonstrates a MIS technique to attendees of NYCMISS 2018.

January 25, 2019

A recap of the 12th Annual NYC Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Symposium.

Dr. Philip Stieg with Dr. Babacar Cisse and Dr. Caitlin Hoffman

January 14, 2019

The Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is proud to be participating in National Mentoring Month. The embedded culture of mentoring in the neurosurgery program has always been in line with the Weill Cornell Medicine commitment to "Care. Discover. Teach."

The senior neurosurgeons of the Brain and Spine Center have a long tradition of helping develop the careers and knowledge of residents and junior neurosurgeons. In fact, one of our younger faculty members, Dr. Jared Knopman...

December 3, 2018

Hilarie C. Tomasiewicz, MD, PhD, chief resident in neurological surgery, was honored with a 2018 Distinguished Housestaff Award by the NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council Board. The award is presented annually to one member of each department for all-around excellence.

Dr. Tomasiewicz was previously awarded the Christopher Gaposchkin Research Prize in Neurological Surgery for her presentation at the 2017 Resident Research Day. She has also been recognized by the Shining...

Dr. Prajwal Rajappa, Weill Cornell Medicine

November 28, 2018

Dr. Prajwal Rajappa coordinates Dr. Greenfield’s innovative program, in which every pediatric brain tumor patient operated on is offered genomic sequencing and a targeted medicine consultation as part of their standard of care.

November 5, 2018

In late 2017, Dr. Roger Hartl and Dr. Claudius Thome were awarded the American Austrian Foundation’s 2017 Humes Visiting Professorships. The professorships are a bilateral exchange in which two distinguished course directors present at each other’s institutions. Dr. Hartl visited the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria on September 28,2018, to give his lecture. Last week Dr. Thome presented a Grand Rounds guest lecture at Weill Cornell, completing the exchange.

The Humes...

November 2, 2018

The lecture, “Global Neurosurgery: A Neurosurgeon’s Opportunity to Affect World Hope, Communication, and Health,” focused on the extensive programs the neurosurgeons of Weill Cornell Medicine have developed over the past two decades in under-served areas of the world.

Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

October 19, 2018

Dr. Kaplitt spoke on "Focused Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Mechanism to Improve Dysfunctional Brain Circuits in Neurological Disease."

Weill Cornell Medicine Neuropsychology Team Presents Benefits of Computerized Working Memory Training

Dr. Roger Härtl Speaks at AOSpine Advanced Live Surgery Course in Lahore, Pakistan

Global Neurosurgery 2019: A Practical Symposium

The 12th Annual New York City Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Symposium

National Mentoring Month

Dr. Tomasiewicz Wins Distinguished Housestaff Award

A Personalized Approach for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients

Dr. Hartl and Dr. Thome Trade Visits in Hume Visiting Professorship

Dr. Stieg Delivers 2018 Elsberg Lecture

Dr. Kaplitt Delivers Doppman Memorial Lecture at NIH