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We were saddened to learn of the passing of retired neurosurgeon Dr. Richard Fraser, 79, on September 14. He was a warm and compassionate physician and colleague, and he will be missed.

Dr. Fraser was a board-certified neurosurgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of British Columbia, then completed his residency at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He became an attending...

Dr. Souweidane talking about diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) on the Cats Roundtable.

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Chiari CARE program at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center will host the third lecture in a series co-hosted by the Chiari and Syringomyelia Foundation (CSF). This session will focus on the cognitive issues surrounding Chiari malformation.

Hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, director of the Chiari CARE program, the event will feature three neuropsychologists from the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center who will address the...

The annual hospital ratings issue of U.S. News & World Report, released today, once again names NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital the #1 hospital in New York. This makes 17 years in a row for this distinction. We have also been named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll – a list of the top 20 hospitals in the nation that takes specialty care into account.  

The Neurology and Neurosurgery service here is ranked as #4 in the nation, behind only Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Mass...