Neurological Surgery

The Lazarus Effect: A Remarkable Recovery

What our Patients Say

Alan Lichtenstein with neurologist-in-chief Matthew Fink, MD, and the mobile stroke unit team
The Lazarus Effect
Vascular specialists, who work with patients experiencing conditions and disorders of the blood vessels, often talk of the “Lazarus effect,” a phenomenon in which a patient revives after coming to the brink of death, as happens in stroke or heart...

Our Care Team

Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine
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  • Chair and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
  • Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Vice Provost of Business Affairs and Integration
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Phone: 212-746-4684
Jared Knopman, MD
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  • Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology
  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
  • Fellowship Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery
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Phone: 212-746-5149
Michael J. Ayad, MD, PhD
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  • Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
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Phone: 718-780-3070
Srikanth Boddu, M.D., M.Sc.
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  • Assistant Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery (Manhattan and Queens)
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Phone: 212-746-2821 (Manhattan) or 718-303-3739 (Queens)
Y. Pierre Gobin, MD
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  • Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery
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Phone: 212-746-4998
Ning Lin, MD
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  • Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
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Phone: 718-670-1837
Justin Schwarz, MD
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  • Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery (Brooklyn and Manhattan)
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Phone: 212-746-2821 (Manhattan); 718-780-3070 (Brooklyn)
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