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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
Dr. Stieg hosted the NYC Regional Cancer Moonshot Summit in conjunction with Vice President Joe Biden's national meeting
Top oncology experts tackle the tough questions about accelerating progress
Drs. Joshua Marcus, Heather McCrea, and Michael Virk have graduated from the Weill Cornell residency program in Neurological Surgery
Our three graduates have left us to begin their careers, as our two new PGY-1 residents begin their neurological surgery training here this month

Dr. Roberta Marongiu of Dr. Kaplitt's lab was recently featured on Fox 5 News for an innovative boxing program she helped develop for individuals with Parkinson's disease. Watch the video below:

Philip O'Donnell, Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2019
Philip O'Donnell, who is between his first and second years of study, will work with Dr. Maria Santos collecting data on all patients admitted to Bugando Medical Center with a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury.
Weill Cornell neurosurgeons Best Doctors 2016

This week’s issue of New York magazine features the annual listing of “Best Doctors in New York,” and the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is once again proud to have eight members of our team included on the list. This prestigious roster includes Dr. Philip E. Stieg, chairman of the department of neurosurgery and neurosurgeon-in-chief;...

Mark M. Souweidane, MD and NBC anchor Darlene Rodriguez
The board members will contribute $5,000 each to the “summer sprint” in the CBTP lab

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