September 30, 2013
Dr. Mark Souweidane appeared in a segment about his research into diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Watch the video clip.
September 23, 2013
Dr. Mark Souweidane, Vice Chairman of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, will be honored next Monday night, September 30, with the 2013 Cristian Rivera Foundation Vision of Hope Award. The award will be presented at the fifth annual Cristian Rivera Foundation Celebrity Gala.
Cristian was just 6 years old when he lost his battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, in 2009. Cristian’s parents started the Cristian Rivera...
September 6, 2013
Yujie Huang, PhD, has been awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant from the Department of Defense for a research project investigating how children’s brain tumors progress. Dr. Huang, who works in Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield's pediatric neuro-oncology laboratory, will be working on “Characterizing and Targeting Bone Marrow-Derived Inflammatory Cells in Driving the Malignancy and Progression of Childhood Astrocytic Brain Tumors.”
August 30, 2013
Dr. Peter Grunert, spine fellow, was recently awarded the first-place award for best basic science abstract and presentation at the annual meeting of the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Society (MINS).
August 30, 2013
Tickets are now available for a five-session course, “Neuroscience of Sports: Your Brain in Action,” to be presented at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday evenings at 6 pm starting September 16, 2013.
July 30, 2013
Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Chairman of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has announced that Amanda L. Sacks, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, has been appointed to the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Sacks is a neuropsychologist who specializes in cognitive remediation for deficits caused by traumatic brain injury; brain tumors and cranial surgery; chemotherapy and radiation; and stroke and other cerebrovascular...
July 22, 2013
Dr. Philip Stieg, director of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has announced the opening of new clinical location in lower Manhattan. The new facility is located at 156 William Street, on the 11th floor, convenient to all of downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn.
July 18, 2013
The hospital was once again included on U.S. News' prestigious Honor Roll, a designation given to only 18 hospitals nationwide.
July 15, 2013
Dr. Philip Stieg and Dr. Roger Härtl joined forces in June to head up this summer’s neurosurgical mission to Tanzania, where they provided treatment, consultation, and – most importantly – hands-on training to the local physicians who need to perform basic neurosurgical procedures year-round.
June 24, 2013
The Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center is proud to have three of our neurosurgeons included on this year’s list of Best Doctors in New York, as published in this week’s issue of New York magazine.
