Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell

On February 3 each year we take a moment to honor women physicians everywhere. The date marks the birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, who was the first woman in America to receive a medical degree. Born in England in 1821, Elizabeth moved to the United States with her family as a child. Her desire to become a physician was met with scorn and she was rejected by every medical school she applied to. It is said that her ultimate...

Mayor Adams Thanks Dr. Greenfield

It's not unusual for a high-profile trauma case to be brought to NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and when that trauma is a head injury our on-call neurosurgeon is summoned to the Emergency Department no matter the hour. When the injured patient is an NYPD officer who's been shot in the head, it gets a bit more attention in the media than usual. We were delighted to hear Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, the neurosurgeon who was on call New Year's Day, and Dr. Rahul Sharma, the head of the Emergency...

Above: Dr. Mark Souweidane, John Rivera, and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield on Giving Tuesday 2021. Below, Cristian Rivera celebrates Halloween with his dad.

On "Giving Tuesday" (November 30), the Children’s Brain Tumor Project  received a profound surprise from the Cristian Rivera Foundation (CRF)—a donation of $302,120 in support of Dr. Mark Souweidane’s...

Dr. Jared Knopman on ABC News
Dr. Jared Knopman recently appeared on ABC TV News talking about little Miles Rizzo, whose vein of Galen malformation was treated with multiple surgeries over his first year of life.
Neurovascular Expert Dr. Justin Schwarz Joins Weill Cornell Medicine Faculty
Dr. Schwarz has advanced training in minimally invasive approaches to treating stroke, AVMs, and other cerebrovascular disorders, and will see patients in Manhattan and Brooklyn
Dr. Kaplitt Opens Clinical Trial for Parkinson’s Disease
The trial, “Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Bilateral Exablate Ablation of the Pallidothalamic Tract (PTT) for the Treatment of the Motor Complications of Parkinson's Disease (PD)” is designed to deliver highly targeted ultrasound beams to the PTT to improve motor control in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Lynn McGrath
Dr. McGrath is an award-winning neurosurgeon specializing in endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery and an innovator developing next-generation tools for the diagnosis of concussion and traumatic brain injury.
Dr. Stieg to Deliver Keynote Address at Brain Tumor Foundation InfoCon 2021

Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 Brain Tumor Foundation InfoCon on Thursday, July 22, at 2:30 pm ET. The keynote address, “A Comprehensive Approach: Journey from Diagnosis to Life After Treatment...

H. Allison Bender, PhD, ABPP-CN
Our newest faculty member, Dr. Heidi Bender, plans an innovative program to help those affected by the pandemic
Dr. Schwartz with 5-ALA headlamp
Dr. Schwartz is the first in the USA to use 5-ALA, which helps distinguish tumor cells from healthy brain tissue around it.