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Dr. Athos Patsalides, a member of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, has co-authored a paper establishing a new standard of care for patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke with a blockage in a major blood vessel.

The committee, which had been charged with evaluating and summarizing the latest research into endovascular treatments for stroke, looked at the increasingly compelling evidence that embolectomy (the removal of the...

Dr. Ning Lin

Dr. Ning Lin, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, has been elected to the 2016 board of directors of the Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS).  The mission of CAMS is to improve health care for Chinese Americans and to promote education, research, and scholarship with special emphasis on how they affect this population.  

Dr. Lin, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, treats patients at both NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens and the...

Dr. Philip E. Stieg and Dr. Roger Hartl consult on the NFL sidelines to protect players' health
The neurotrauma experts play a role as sideline consultants during NFL games.
Dr. Philip E. Stieg is named President of the Brain Tumor Foundation by Chairman Michael Schreiber

Dr. Philip E. Stieg, chairman of the Weill Cornell Department of Neurological Surgery and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was installed as President of the Brain Tumor Foundation at the "A Taste for Life" dinner on November 10, 2015. 

Founded in 1998 by Patrick J. Kelly, M.D., the Brain Tumor Foundation has a strong focus on early detection, and addresses the social, financial and emotional needs of brain tumor patients and their...

Dr. Howard Fine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Howard Fine talks with CNN's Rachel Crane about organoids -- miniature brains that will allow researchers to explore new avenues in cancer treatment. 

 

spinal cord stimulation
Drs. Kaplitt and Mehta implanted innovative new high-frequency spinal cord stimulators (SCSs) in two patients — the first in the tri-state area to receive them — for the relief of pain.
Weill Cornell Top Neurosurgeons for Cancer
We are proud to have five neurosurgeons named to this year's list

Dr. Theodore Schwartz recently joined the 2015 Mission: BRAIN trip to Guadalajara, Mexico, where U.S. neurosurgeons provided their expertise to local health care providers and patients. This humanitarian effort, founded in 2011 by Dr. Michael Lawton of UCSF and Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa of Johns Hopkins, brings world-class neurosurgical services and training to under-served hospitals and patients. The project has developed multiple partnerships throughout Mexico and has recently expanded...

Community Neurosurgery flyer
The Community Neurosurgery project brings training in current neurosurgical techniques to an underprivileged part of the world.
Dr. Mingrui Zhao and Dr. Theodore Schwartz
Researchers will explore a novel approach to curing epilepsy surgically.

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