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Dr. Ben Hartley Presents PrIMES at Subway Summit 2019

June 18, 2019

During a presentation at the annual Medical Education Subway Summit this week, fifth-year neurosurgery resident Benjamin Hartley, MD, presented the progress made by the new Program for Individualized Mentorship Education Solutions (PrIMES) during its inaugural year.

PrIMES, co-founded in 2018 by Dr. Hartley and Dr. Caitlin Hoffman, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, matches under-served and under-...

June 14, 2019

The annual prize honors outstanding resident contributions to peer-reviewed medical literature.

Co-directors Dr. Theodore Schwartz and Dr. Mark Souweidane

June 8, 2019

Participants from around the world attended two days of lectures and hands-on lab sessions in which they learned and then practiced new techniques and technologies in minimally invasive approaches to cranial neurosurgery.

8 Faculty Members Named Best Doctors in New York for 2019

June 4, 2019

The annual list names the top primary doctors and specialists in the New York metropolitan area.

Dr. Souweidane Presents DIPG Trial Update at ASCO 2019

June 3, 2019

Dr. Souweidane and his colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center updated the results of the landmark trial testing convection-enhanced delivery (CED) of a drug directly to the site of the deadly brain stem tumor.

June 1, 2019

Dr. Eric Elowitz, the Vice Chairman for Quality and Patient Safety in the Department of Neurological Surgery, and his wife, Dr. Barbara Baskin, a radiologist at Murray Hill Radiology, have named the department as a beneficiary of their estate plan — establishing the Eric and Barbara Elowitz Chairmanship of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. Their philanthropic initiative was recently profiled by the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Society’s Spring 2019 issue of Philanthropist...

May 31, 2019

Becker’s Spine Review featured spine surgeon Dr. Roger Härtl twice in its May 2019 quarterly issue. In the first article, Dr. Härtl joined three other spine surgeons to discuss spine innovation in an article titled, “What spine surgeons need for better patient care that don’t exist already.” In the second, he was interviewed in a segment titled, “Dr. Roger Härtl: The biggest opportunity in spinal biologics,” in which he talked about emerging technology in spine surgery.

Dr. Härtl...

Dr. Stieg demonstrates a surgical technique

May 30, 2019

At the end of each academic year, the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) holds an intensive for residents who have just finished their first year of neurosurgery residency.

14 Faculty Members Named to List of New York SuperDoctors

May 13, 2019

These elite physicians are selected by their peers each year as being the best in their field

Dr. Philip Stieg speaks with BME students from the Ithaca campus

May 1, 2019

A contingent of 30 students from Cornell University’s premedical engineering society (“eMed”) made the trip from Weill Hall, on the main campus in Ithaca, to Weill Cornell Medical College in New York to participate in the 8th Annual Weill-to-Weill Engineering in Medicine Conference. The 2 day conference, spearheaded by neurosurgeon Dr. Susan Pannullo and student Katy Lee, focused on the application of engineering solutions to medical challenges and potential career...

Dr. Ben Hartley Presents PrIMES at Subway Summit 2019

Dr. Parker and Dr. Rapoport Share 2019 Apuzzo Award

Neurosurgeons Gather at Minimally Invasive Cranial Neurosurgery CME

8 Faculty Members Named Best Doctors in New York for 2019

Dr. Souweidane Presents DIPG Trial Update at ASCO 2019

Eric and Barbara Elowitz Create Endowed Chairmanship of Neurological Surgery

Dr. Härtl Featured in Becker’s Spine Review

SNS Neurosurgical “Boot Camp” 2019 – May 30-31, 2019

14 Faculty Members Named to List of New York SuperDoctors

8th Annual Weill-to-Weill Conference Fosters Collaboration