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Michael L. J. Apuzzo, M.D., Adjunct Professor and Senior Consultant at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Neurological Surgery

Established 2017
Weill Cornell Medical College

Chairman Philip E. Stieg and the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College have established the Michael L. J. Apuzzo Resident Literature Award for Creativity and Innovation for contributions to the peer-reviewed medical literature.

This prize recognizes outstanding work by a Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgery resident in either laboratory or...

Jared Knopman, MD
Nearly 50 patients have been successfully treated with middle meningeal arterial (MMA) embolization, the success of which provides evidence for a startling new finding about subdural hematomas
Dr. Härtl Introduces Explorers Club to Tanzania Project

Dr. Roger Härtl was honored to present the Neurosurgical Mission in Tanzania at a special event: Safari Night at the Explorers Club in New York on November 29. Dr. Härtl showed the assembled audience members the new video about his work in Tanzania (see below) as well as other relevant slides about conditions there.

Dr. Härtl was part of a slate of presenters who shared their passions and projects centered on Africa, including Richard Wiese, Alan Feldstein, Francis Assadi, Eliana...

Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Chair of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

Dr. Stieg talks about Weill Cornell Medicine's annual mission to Tanzania bringing much-needed training to this under-served population.

Daniel Jacobs acknowledged Dr. Hartl from the ring after his win
Pointing out Dr. Härtl from the ring, the boxer called his neurosurgeon "the man who saved my life."
Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Chair of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

 

Dr. Stieg talks about TBI (traumatic brain injury) with Kate Delaney on NBC Sports Radio.

 

Srikanth Boddu, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens
Dr. Boddu joined the neurosurgery faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine in August after three years as a fellow in radiology at the Upper East Side main campus.
Dr Jeffrey Greenfield, Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Greenfield joins 9 of his colleagues from the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center who had previously earned this distinction.
Dr. Jared Knopman, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Jared Knopman was the keynote speaker at the 14th annual “Current Techniques in the Treatment of Cranial and Spinal Disorders” Symposium, held Saturday, October 21, 2017, at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. The CME conference was jointly provided by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Justin Parker Neurological Institute.

Dr. Knopman’s keynote address was on “Innovations in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Surgery.” Dr. Knopman, a...

Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
The committee is charged with reviewing and prioritizing Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trial concepts, in order to promote the best clinical and translational research for patients with brain cancer.

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