A record 16 faculty members from the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center were named to the 2020 list of New York SuperDoctors, published as a supplement to the New York Times Magazine on May 10, 2020. This list is an elite roster of physicians named by their peers as the very best in their field.
In addition to professor and chairman Philip E. Stieg, Phd, MD, this year’s list includes all five vice chairs – Dr. Mark Souweidane, Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, Dr. Eric Elowitz, and Dr. Theodore Schwartz – as well as Dr. Ali Baaj, Dr. Roger Härtl, Dr. Jared Knopman, Dr. Ning Lin, Dr. Susan Pannullo, Dr. Athos Patsalides, and Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna,
This year’s honorees also include three Rising Stars (those in practice less than ten years): Dr. Kai-Ming Fu, Dr. Babacar Cisse, and Dr. Caitlin Hoffman.
Drs. Kaplitt, Schwartz, and Elowitz were also honored as members of the New York SuperDoctors Hall of Fame for their 10 consecutive years of being selected to the list.
The annual list of SuperDoctors published each May in the New York Times Magazine and available online year round. The list is assembled based on peer nomination, credentials, and achievement.
