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Comprehensive Spine Center Now Open

Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care

October 17, 2016

New facility is the only one in New York to offer fully integrated spine care

October 3, 2016

Dr. Theodore Schwartz has accepted an invitation to join the editorial advisory board of the prestigious journal Acta Neurochirurgica: The European Journal of Neurosurgery. Dr. Schwartz, who is David and Ursel Barnes Professor of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, will join the board effective with the November 2016 issue.

Acta Neurochirurgica is the official journal of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, an independent association of European...

October 1, 2016

Dr. Mark Souweidane performed a third direct infusion of a cancer-fighting drug into the brain of a young patient — the first time a child has received a third treatment.

September 8, 2016

After four years and 31 infusions, the clinical trial has concluded

September 3, 2016

Akhil Reed Amar will speak on the topic of "Creativity and Innovation Associated with the Noble Experiment of Democracy" on Sunday, September 25.

August 24, 2016

“Ten-Step MIS Lumbar Decompression and Dural Repair through Tubular Retractors” documents the detailed steps of four MIS procedures with a review of clinical outcomes in 331 patients.

Matthew Bernstein in the Weill Cornell Children's Brain Tumor Project Lab

August 4, 2016

The final two participants in the summer 2016 research program have arrived in the Children’s Brain Tumor Project (CBTP) lab. Matthew Bernstein, who lost his brother Zachary to DIPG and who currently serves as the Youth Volunteer Coordinator for his family’s Fly a Kite Foundation, will spend August helping kick-start our efforts to build a database of thalamic glioma samples. These samples, in combination with the data we are assembling through the online Thalamic Glioma...

U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals issue 2016

August 2, 2016

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the #1 hospital in New York for the 16th year in a row; Neurology/Neurosurgery is ranked #1 in New York and #3 in the nation

August 1, 2016

The endowed professorship was created to support a promising neurosurgeon early in his or her career

July 22, 2016

This advanced procedure was just approved by the FDA last week as a way to eliminate the source of tremors in a completely non-invasive way.

Comprehensive Spine Center Now Open

Dr. Schwartz Named to Board of Acta Neurochirurgica

Three-Time Winner: Dr. Souweidane Extends His Fight Against DIPG

Dr. Souweidane Treats Final Patient in Groundbreaking DIPG Clinical Trial

Legal Scholar to Deliver Michael L. J. Apuzzo Lecture at CNS 2016

Major Work by Dr. Härtl Published in Neurosurgery

CBTP Lab’s “Summer Sprint” Continues

We Are #1 in New York, Again!

Dr. Ramakrishna Named Alvina and Willis Murphy Assistant Professor

Dr. Kaplitt First in New York to Use Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor