Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery offers the expertise of international leaders in novel therapies and surgical solutions for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders. About the Movement Disorder Service

News

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...

20 Faculty Members Named to 2022 List of NY SuperDoctors

May 8, 2022

The 2022 list of New York SuperDoctors, published as a supplement to the New York Times Magazine on May 8, 2022, is based on peer nomination, credentials, and achievement.

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at Weill Cornell Medicine

The Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Service at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is a world-class provider of treatment.

What our Patients Say

Alexandra Lebenthal took this remarkably unremarkable selfie a week after her FUS procedure... using

Our First Focused Ultrasound Patient Comes Back for Seconds

A lot has happened for Alexandra Lebenthal in the past seven years. In 2016 she became our first patient treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) after the FDA approved it for essential tremor. Since then, she and her husband, Jay, have...

Our Care Team

Michael KaplittMD, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Movement Disorders and Pain
Director, Residency Program

Clinical Profile

Phone: 212-746-4966

Martin ZonenshaynMD

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

Clinical Profile

Phone: 718-780-5176

Kristin StrybingMS, FNP-BC

Chief Nurse Practitioner

Phone: 212-746-4966

Brain and Spine 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 Vice Provost of Business Affairs and Integration

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...