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Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Chair of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

Dr. Stieg talks about boxing and concussions experienced during childhood with Kate Delaney on NBC Sports Radio.

Michael Kaplitt, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Kaplitt talks about advances in Alzheimers research on the Cats Roundtable.

 

Dr. Philip Stieg, founder and chair of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center
Dr. Stieg presented results from the Brain Tumor Foundation’s Road to Early Detection initiative, in which patients receive MRI screening for brain tumors in a mobile unit
Biological Approaches to Spinal Disc Repair and Regeneration for Clinicians
The text is the first book to cover innovative tissue engineering and biological interventions as treatment options for degenerative disc disease.
Dr. Mark Souweidane

Dr. Mark Souweidane will participate in the opening panel discussion at the 29th annual conference of the American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project (ASAP), to be held from July 19 through July 23, 2017, at the Long Island Marriott in Uniondale. This yearly event is designed to bring the latest information about Chiari malformation and...

Mark Souweidane, MD
There are more findings to report from his landmark clinical trial for DIPG
Mentoring in Medicine: Students used endoscopes on peppers
These unique classes put endoscopes into the hands of high school students from the Bronx
Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center

Dr. Souweidane talks about his research and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma on Boston Outlook with Julee Marra. 

Nelson Moussazadeh, M.D., Babacar Cisse, M.D., Ph.D.
Babacar Cisse, M.D., Ph.D., and Nelson Moussazadeh, M.D., have completed their seven-year neurosurgical training program at Weill Cornell Medicine (and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).
Dr. Antonio Bernardo, center, being presented with the Order of Merit by the Honorable Francesco Genuardi, Consul General of Italy in New York, and by Deputy Consuls General Roberto Frangione, Isabella Periotto, and Chiara Saulle.

 Dr. Antonio Bernardo has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his remarkable achievements in the field of neurosurgery and the neurosciences. This knighthood is the highest ranking honor in Italy, awarded for merit in the fields of literature, the arts, economy, public service, or 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 Italian...

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