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Melinda Wang
Medical student Melinda Wang will be working under the guidance of Dr. Mark Souweidane
Dr. Theodore Schwartz with research team in his New York epilepsy laboratory
Dr. Theodore Schwartz and five colleagues in the U.K. at the University of Sheffield and the University of Reading have been awarded a $200,000 grant for their work investigating how epileptic seizures propagate.
Results of three major trials confirm what our INR team suspected, and may herald a new age of treatment for ischemic stroke.
JNS March 2015
The paper, "A 3D Endoscopic Transtubular Transcallosal Approach to the Third Ventricle," is featured in the March 2015 issue
Drs. Jeffrey Greenfield and Mark Souweidane

While the overall survival rate for children with cancer has improved over the last 50 years, enormous challenges still exist for those with brain tumors. Pediatric neuro-oncologists and neurosurgeons understand that a different tack is needed to make progress against these cancers. At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health, the pediatric brain tumor team has embarked on an ambitious effort to collect brain tumor tissue for molecular analysis —...

Dr. Howard A. Fine
Dr. Fine is an internationally known neuro-oncologist who has previously served as chief of the neuro-oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Susan C. Pannullo and Dr. Gabriella Wernicke
The Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center now offers frameless, non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery using ExacTrac technology.
Donated intra-operative microscope is ready for use in Tanzania
Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Roger Härtl and the generosity of Leica and Zeiss, two surgical microscopes are now available for use by surgeons in Tanzania.

Russel Hugo Patterson, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., has been named Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Patterson has been a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery and has a rich history at Weill Cornell, where he earned his medical degree, completed his neurosurgery residency, and in 1971 followed Dr. Bronson Ray as neurosurgeon-in-charge in the Department of Surgery.  His new appointment is reflective of the tremendous respect with which his colleagues...

Dr. Hartl Discusses Concussion, Depression, and Suicide
Following the suicide of Kosta Karageorge, Dr. Roger Härtl appeared on a panel to talk about concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in athletes.

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