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Dr. Roberta Marongiu
The researcher's work is focused on the genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease
Dr. Roger Hartl
Chief of spinal surgery will chair Centers of Excellence
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna and Dr. Philip E. Stieg
Neurosurgeon will bring new clinical trials for malignant brain tumors to Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
League of Denial
The Dana Foundation has published Dr. Stieg's review of a new book about the concussion controversy in professional football.
Dr. Ning Lin and Dr. Philip E. Stieg
Dr. Lin specializes in neurosurgical and endovascular treatments of cerebrovascular disorders including aneurysms, AVMs, carotid stenosis, and Moyamoya disease.
Tracey Drake and Dr. Steven Karceski
Tracey Drake recently had the implant programmed to start generating the stimulation impulses designed to reduce her seizures.
Dr. Philip E. Stieg, chairman of the Weill Cornell Department of Neurosurgery
We are now ranked as the best neurology/neurosurgery practice in New York, the best in the northeast, and the best east of the Mississippi River.
Dr. Roger Härtl and research fellow Yu Moriguchi
Dr. Yu Moriguchi has been awarded a $67,000 start-up grant from the AO Foundation for a research project that holds promise for the repair of herniated discs.
Dr. Mark Souweidane
FDA approval allows Dr. Souweidane to re-open the trial and enroll additional pediatric brain tumor patients.
Tracey Drake was the first patient at Weill Cornell to receive the NeuroPace RNS System, a cranial implant designed to prevent seizures.
Dr. Theodore Schwartz and the epilepsy team at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully placed the first cranial implant for epilepsy since the device was approved last fall.

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