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Record 25 Weill Cornell Medicine Neurosurgical Faculty Named to NY 2024 SuperDoctors List

May 13, 2024

A record 25 faculty members from Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery have been named to the 2024 list of New York SuperDoctors. The list of outstanding physicians, published as a supplement to The...

A Top Hospital Neurosurgery in the World, #1 in NY, Third Year in a Row!

A Top Hospital for Neurosurgery in the World, #1 in NY, Third Year in a Row!

September 28, 2023

Since Newsweek and Statista started ranking specialized hospitals in 2021, the neurosurgery service at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University has been at the top...

Epilepsy Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine

The Epilepsy Surgery Service at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is a world-class provider of treatment. Innovative surgical techniques offer effective treatments for epilepsy.

What our Patients Say

Anna Palmieri with Dr. Kevin Gurcharran, Dr. Srishti Nangia, and Dr. Caitlin Hoffman

"It's Time We Step It Up"

For the first 11 years of her life, she suffered from nighttime seizures. Thanks to Dr. Hoffman and her team, she and her family didn't have to worry anymore.

Our Care Team

Caitlin HoffmanMD

Victor and Tara Menezes Clinical Scholar in Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Phone: 212-746-2363

Srishti NangiaM.D.

Pediatric Epileptologist

Clinical Profile

Phone: 212-746-3278

Synda SchultzMPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Phone: 212-746-2363

Neurosurgery Blog

22 Years (and Counting)

By Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD Chair and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery

It was 22 years ago today – November 1, 2000 – that I became the first chair of the newly formed department of neurosurgery and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. I suppose I might have been more reflective...