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Last month, endoscopic spine surgery pioneer Dr. Lynn McGrath  spent a week with Dr. Roger Härtl's Tanzania Neurosurgery Project, training local surgeons on the techniques. He led classroom sessions first, followed by hands-on training with high-tech spine models, then took the staff into the OR to perform two surgeries. These were the first-ever endoscopic spine procedures performed in Tanzania, and believed to be the first endoscopic spine procedures performed anywhere in...

The Neurosurgery Outstanding Service Award spotlights members of the department who exemplify our core values. The winner this quarter is practice supervisor Jessica Lee, MHA, who manages clinical operations at our offices at 1305 York Avenue and the 70th Street Starr Pavilion.

Jessica’s colleagues offer high praise, saying she has “gone above and beyond her role.” In times when we have been short-handed, her colleagues say, Jessica covered for surgical coordinators besides her...

A portable MRI scanner is now up and running in the neuro ICU at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, the first of its kind available to patients in New York City. The portable unit allows our team to perform scans right at a patient’s bedside, without having to schedule time in imaging or losing time precious time in transport. In just its first two weeks of operation, the machine has helped in the diagnosis and management of several seriously ill patients,...

The Neurosurgery Outstanding Service Award spotlights members of the department who exemplify the department's core values. The winner for Q3 2023 is Elaine M. Regacho, nurse practitioner who works with Dr. Philip Stieg and his patients.

“Elaine is an unfailingly professional, compassionate, and caring nurse practitioner,” says Dr. Stieg. “The attention she provides is a big part of why our patients report feeling so well cared for...