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Dr. Schwartz Teaches Endoscopic Surgical Techniques Around the World

May 1, 2013

At major medical centers, minimal-access procedures have largely replaced open surgery for pituitary and other skull base tumors. That’s not the case in other countries, however, since not all neurosurgeons have had access to the specialized training required to perform these procedures. That’s changing, in no small part due to the efforts of Dr. Schwartz.

April 17, 2013

CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo will deliver the featured keynote address at Brain Tumor Biotech Summit 2013, speaking on “Innovation in the Changing World Economy.” Bartiromo, who anchors CNBC's "Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo” as well as the nationally syndicated "On the Money with Maria Bartiromo," is an award-winning business journalist and author.

Bartiromo, who in 1995 became the first journalist to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock...

Spine Center Opens New Clinical Trial for Degenerative Disc Disease

April 15, 2013

Offering new hope for back pain sufferers, Dr. Roger Härtl and the multidisciplinary spine team at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center are now recruiting patients for a new clinical trial. The trial will test an investigational medication intended to treat low back pain and disability caused by spinal disc disease.

The injectable medication, named NuQu, is made of cartilage cells and is delivered during a short, one-time treatment. Trial participants will go home within an hour...

March 22, 2013

Danion Jones, a young patient of Dr. Mark Souweidane, is featured in the latest video from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. At age three Danion was near death from a brain tumor, but his mother brought him to Dr. Souweidane at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center. Dr. Souweidane recognized that Danion’s grave condition was not due to his tumor but to infection and was able to help the child recover. With Danion back from the brink, Dr. Souweidane performed a full day of surgery to remove...

Dr. Grunert Wins 2013 Mayfield Award From AANS Spine Section

March 4, 2013

The Mayfield Award is presented each year to a neurosurgical resident or fellow who authors an outstanding manuscript on laboratory or clinical research in spinal or peripheral nerve disorders.

Advanced Endoscopic Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery: A Hands-on Symposium

February 15, 2013

Dr. Theodore Schwartz will lead a two-day course for neurosurgeons in Singapore in March, bringing advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques to local surgeons.

"Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Techniques, Evidence, and Controversies" book cover

February 11, 2013

"Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Techniques, Evidence, and Controversies," an AOSpine text co-authored by Dr. Roger Härtl and Dr. Andreas Korge, is now available in print and as an e-book.

February 8, 2013

Dr. John Boockvar has been named by Voices Against Brain Cancer as the winner of the 2013 Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award for his lifetime commitment to finding a cure for malignant brain tumors.

Winter 2013 issue of Weill Cornell Medicine

January 28, 2013

“Brain Storm” examines the revolution in neurosurgery over the past two decades, and how that revolution plays out in the day-to-day workings of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center.

January 15, 2013

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded our Vice Chair for Research a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity.

Dr. Schwartz Teaches Endoscopic Surgical Techniques Around the World

Maria Bartiromo to Deliver Featured Keynote Address at Brain Tumor Biotech Summit 2013

Spine Center Opens New Clinical Trial for Degenerative Disc Disease

Dr. Souweidane’s Patient Appears in New Ad Campaign

Dr. Grunert Wins 2013 Mayfield Award From AANS Spine Section

Dr. Schwartz to Bring Endoscopic Techniques for Pituitary Surgery to Singapore

Dr. Hartl Co-authors Book on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Dr. Boockvar Named 2013 Winner of Gary Lichtenstein Award

Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center Featured in Winter 2013 Issue of Weill Cornell Medicine Magazine

Dr. Kaplitt Awarded Research Supplement