In the News

Dr. Benjamin Hartley, Dr. Caitlin Hoffman, and Dr. Philip Stieg, Chairman of the Neurological Surgery Department
PrIMES aims to increase medical school enrollment of under-represented populations by pairing undergraduates with medical students at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Apuzzo Presented With BAU Medal of Science
The award, which honors contributions to the field of medicine, is given annually by Bahcesehir University in Istanbul
Patrick Bayly Marsano
The gift will fund a two-year initiative to expand the lab’s cellular and molecular precision medicine approach to pediatric brain tumor therapy.
Dr. Stieg Launches New Podcast: This Is Your Brain
Weekly episodes will delve into the mysteries and new discoveries about how the brain works, what can go wrong with it, and the most effective ways to keep it healthy.
Dr. Sertac Kirnaz presenting his winning paper
Spine fellow Dr. Sertac Kirnaz joins a long line of winners from the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center.
Alexandra Giantini Larsen and Andrew Garton, who matched as neurosurgery residents at Match Day 2019
The Department of Neurological Surgery is pleased to welcome Alexandra Giantini Larsen and Andrew Garton to our residency program
Deep Brain Stimulation Now Available for Epilepsy - Medtronic bilateral activa
After more than a decade of testing, DBS is now FDA approved and available to patients whose seizures have not been successfully managed with medication.
Dr. Spat-Lemus Co-Chairs Cross-Cultural Brain Mapping Symposium
The symposium was focused on how the diversification of the United States is outpacing our ability to develop and validate culturally appropriate, psychometrically sound neuropsychology assessments and procedures.
Global Spine Journal Award
The paper is titled “Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: Estimating Global Incidence and Worldwide Volume.”
Taylor A. Liberta, a research assistant in neuropsychology at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center
Results showed beneficial effects on several cognitive domains, and suggested that the program could improve certain aspects of behavioral outcomes

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