Neurological Surgery

Global Neurosurgery 2019: A Practical Symposium

Global Neurosurgery 2019: A Practical Symposium

January 31, 2019

A recap of the Global Neurosurgery 2019 symposium held from Friday, January 18 to Saturday, January 19.
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The 12th Annual New York City Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Symposium

Dr. Michael Virk demonstrates a MIS technique to attendees of NYCMISS 2018.

January 25, 2019

A recap of the 12th Annual NYC Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Symposium.
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National Mentoring Month

Dr. Philip Stieg with Dr. Babacar Cisse and Dr. Caitlin Hoffman

January 14, 2019

The Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is proud to be participating in National Mentoring Month. The embedded culture of mentoring in the neurosurgery program has always been in line with the Weill Cornell Medicine commitment to "Care. Discover. Teach." 

The senior neurosurgeons of the Brain and Spine Center have a long tradition of helping develop the careers and knowledge of residents and junior neurosurgeons. In fact, one of our younger faculty members, Dr. Jared Knopman...

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A Personalized Approach for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients

Dr. Prajwal Rajappa, Weill Cornell Medicine

November 28, 2018

Dr. Prajwal Rajappa coordinates Dr. Greenfield’s innovative program, in which every pediatric brain tumor patient operated on is offered genomic sequencing and a targeted medicine consultation as part of their standard of care.
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Dr. Stieg Delivers 2018 Elsberg Lecture

Dr. Stieg Delivers 2018 Elsberg Lecture

November 2, 2018

The lecture, “Global Neurosurgery: A Neurosurgeon’s Opportunity to Affect World Hope, Communication, and Health,” focused on the extensive programs the neurosurgeons of Weill Cornell Medicine have developed over the past two decades in under-served areas of the world.
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Dr. Kaplitt Delivers Doppman Memorial Lecture at NIH

Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center

October 19, 2018

Dr. Kaplitt spoke on "Focused Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Mechanism to Improve Dysfunctional Brain Circuits in Neurological Disease."
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Graham T. Allison Selected to Deliver Michael L. J. Apuzzo Lecture on Creativity and Innovation at CNS 2018

Graham T. Allison, PhD, has been selected to deliver the Michael L. J. Apuzzo Lecture on Creativity and Innovation

September 20, 2018

Dr. Allison is the author of the 1976 best-seller "Remaking Foreign Policy: The Organizational Connection," and he has served since then as an advisor and analyst on nuclear weapons, terrorism, and political affairs.
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The Professor Michael Apuzzo Medical School Class of 2025

Dr. Michael Apuzzo of Weill Cornell Medicine

September 17, 2018

In honor of Dr. Apuzzo, the BAU Class of 2025 in Istanbul will be named the Professor Michael Apuzzo Class. Dr. Apuzzo will travel to Turkey in September 2019 to welcome the incoming Apuzzo Class.
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Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna Awarded $50,000 Grant from the Glioblastoma Foundation

Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna

September 15, 2018

Dr. Ramakrishna will use the $50,000 grant to study MRI-guided focused ultrasound for subcortical gliomas.
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Children's Brain Tumor Project Participates in Release of Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas

Dr. Souweidane and Dr. Greenfield - Weill Cornell Medicine

September 10, 2018

The CBTP joins a historic undertaking in pediatric neurosurgery research.
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