Cerebrovascular Surgery

State-of-the-art diagnostics and advanced treatment options from world-renowned specialists in vascular disorders of the brain and spine. About Cerebrovascular Surgery

Physician assistant Kaitlyn Twomey, left, joins Dr. Judy Ch’ang, medical director of the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit on 2South, in welcoming the new portable MRI scanner.

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...

Elaine M. Regacho

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...

Cerebrovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine

The Cerebrovascular Surgery Service at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is a world-class provider of treatment for aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid occlusions, trigeminal neuralgia, and other vascular conditions of the brain and spine. Our service combines expertise in minimally invasive surgical techniques with the advanced specialties of interventional neuroradiology and stereotactic radiosurgery, making us the go-to center for cerebrovascular disorders.

It began in 2017, as a twitch in Emma Novick's left eye. The tic wasn’t painful, but it became more persistent over time, pulling downward into her cheek.  Emma was diagnosed with hemifacial spasm, which is caused by irritation of one of the cranial...

Our Care Team

  • Chair and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
  • Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery
Phone: 212-746-4684
  • Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
Phone: 718-780-3070
  • Associate Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery (Manhattan and Queens)
  • Director of Neurointervention (NewYork-Presbyterian Queens)
Phone: 212-746-2821 (Manhattan) or 718-303-3739 (Queens)
  • Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery
Phone: 212-746-4998
  • Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Fellowship Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery
Phone: 212-746-5149
  • Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Phone: 718-670-1837
  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery (Brooklyn and Manhattan)
Phone: 212-746-2821 (Manhattan); 718-780-3070 (Brooklyn)
  • Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 646-962-5115
  • Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 212-746-4998
  • Chief Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 212-746-4966
  • Family Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 212-746-4684
  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 212-746-5149
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