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CNS 2016
Akhil Reed Amar will speak on the topic of "Creativity and Innovation Associated with the Noble Experiment of Democracy" on Sunday, September 25.
Ten-Step MIS Lumbar Decompression and Dural Repair through Tubular Retractors
“Ten-Step MIS Lumbar Decompression and Dural Repair through Tubular Retractors” documents the detailed steps of four MIS procedures with a review of clinical outcomes in 331 patients.
Matthew Bernstein in the Weill Cornell Children's Brain Tumor Project Lab

The final two participants in the summer 2016 research program have arrived in the Children’s Brain Tumor Project (CBTP) lab. Matthew Bernstein, who lost his brother Zachary to DIPG and who currently serves as the Youth Volunteer Coordinator for his family’s Fly a Kite Foundation, will spend August helping kick-start our efforts to build a database of thalamic glioma samples. These samples, in combination with the data we are assembling through the online Thalamic Glioma...

U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals issue 2016
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the #1 hospital in New York for the 16th year in a row; Neurology/Neurosurgery is ranked #1 in New York and #3 in the nation
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna
The endowed professorship was created to support a promising neurosurgeon early in his or her career
Dr. Michael Kaplitt
This advanced procedure was just approved by the FDA last week as a way to eliminate the source of tremors in a completely non-invasive way.
Dr. Michael Apuzzo
The renowned neurosurgeon will mentor faculty, residents, fellows, and students and will develop an Office of Academic Publishing.
Rachel Yanowitch, Jared Bassett, Tina Bharani, and Emilie George

The summer lab team at the Children’s Brain Tumor Project continues to grow.

Tina Bharani, a medical student from Qatar Weill Cornell Medical School, will spend the summer on a brand-new line of investigation for Dr. Greenfield, looking at immunoglobulin superfamily member 3 (IgSF3) and its role in glioma invasiveness. IgSF3 is a novel gene candidate identified by the Greenfield lab thought to play a role in how tumors spread throughout healthy tissue in the brain. The lab has launched...

Dr. Mark Souweidane reviews MRI scans of DIPG tumors with Fatima Nathalia Morales
The Cristian Rivera Foundation committee member has pledged $5,000 to supplement our already ambitious effort
CBTTC
We are now full members of an elite group dedicated to collaborating on research into pediatric brain tumors

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