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Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Neurological Surgery proudly celebrates Dr. Georgiana Dobri and Dr. Susan C. Pannullo for being named to Castle Connolly’s 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine list. This prestigious recognition highlights physicians with outstanding expertise, leadership, and commitment to patient care in their respective fields.

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The Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery has made a major advancement in its Tanzania Neurosurgery Program by launching the region’s first dedicated endoscopy training program, the MOI Endoscopy Course. From February 3-7, the course provided a hands-on training...

colloid cyst

A new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Neurological Surgery’s Dr. Umberto Tosi and Dr. Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, published in the prestigious journal Cancers this January, brings reassuring news for patients facing surgery for colloid...

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The Cristian Rivera Foundation (CRF) reaffirmed its dedication to advancing research and supporting families affected by Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare and aggressive pediatric brain cancer, with a generous $360,000 donation to Dr. Mark Souweidane’s research efforts...

H. Allison Bender, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine

H. Allison Bender, PhD, ABPP-CN, has been named a 2025 winner of the Jerry Sweet Leadership Award by the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) and American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN)The award recognizes board-certified neuropsychologists who have shown outstanding leadership that is judged likely to have a lasting imprint on neuropsychology and is acknowledged within the professional...

Natasha Kharas, MD, PhD

It’s no secret that brief naps leave us feeling mentally as well as physically refreshed, but it has not been entirely clear why. New research from Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgery resident Natasha Kharas, MD, PhD, and colleagues at Rice University, Houston Methodist, and Stanford School of Medicine identifies the neural mechanisms behind the boost in post-nap cognitive performance.

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Alexandra Lebenthal took this remarkably unremarkable selfie a week after her FUS procedure... using

Dr. Michael Kaplitt has not slowed down since pioneering the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) for the treatment of essential tremor. Since the procedure was approved by the FDA in 2016, Dr. Kaplitt has performed it hundreds of times, restoring function to patients’ dominant hand. This summer, in a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Neurology), he and 14 co-authors announced more good news. The results of their clinical trial...

Nadia Wassermann Honored as Outstanding Employee

The Neurosurgery Outstanding Service Award spotlights members of the department who exemplify our core values. The winner this quarter is staff nurse Nadia Wassermann, RN, the department’s “float nurse” who covers all areas of the department filling in for vacations, sick leaves, and other absences. Her colleagues describe her as “flexible, smart, positive, and a problem solver” as well as being “very self-motivated.”

“Nadia is a caring and meticulous nurse who is able to...

Master Yang Yang was a popular guest on the Weill Cornell Medicine webinar series Spine Time

A new study published in the North American Spine Society Journal reports that an online program of t’ai chi, qigong, and meditation may be helpful in reducing lower back pain. The randomized clinical study, which was jointly conducted by Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Center, the Center for Taiji & Qigong Studies, and New York Medical College, found that patients who attended online classes for twelve weeks reported less pain, easier movement, better...

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