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St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship Grant to Fund Ependymoma Research

April 15, 2015

The grant allows medical student Scott Connors to continue his investigations into recurrent pediatric ependymoma.

April 1, 2015

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

March 30, 2015

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.

New Evidence Supports Use of Interventional Embolectomy for Stroke

March 17, 2015

Results of three major trials confirm what our INR team suspected, and may herald a new age of treatment for ischemic stroke.

March 9, 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

February 26, 2015

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 —...

February 11, 2015

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

February 5, 2015

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

January 13, 2015

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.

Dr. Patterson Named Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery

January 12, 2015

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...

St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship Grant to Fund Ependymoma Research

Grant From Alex’s Lemonade Stand Funds Research on Drug Distribution in CED for DIPG

Transatlantic Partnership Awarded $200,000 for Epilepsy Research

New Evidence Supports Use of Interventional Embolectomy for Stroke

Skull Base Lab Research Featured on the Cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery

Wide-Scale Brain Tumor Tissue Banking Effort Aims High

Dr. Howard Fine Brings His Neuro-oncology Expertise to Weill Cornell

Frameless Radiosurgery Ushers in New Era of Brain Tumor Treatment

Donated Microscopes Enable Neurosurgery in Tanzania

Dr. Patterson Named Professor Emeritus of Neurological Surgery