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The Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center is privileged to have some of the top neurosurgeons in the world on our team. Our doctors are routinely named to lists of SuperDoctors, Top Doctors, Best Doctors in American, Best Doctors in New York, and other lists of leading neurosurgeons.
Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D.
Chairman and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery
Michael J. Ayad, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
Heidi Allison Bender, PhD, ABPP-CN
Associate Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurological Surgery
Director of Neuropsychology Services
Srikanth Boddu, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor of Radiology in Neurological Surgery (Manhattan and Queens)
Babacar Cisse, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Leon Levy Research Fellow,
Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Georgiana Dobri, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroendocrinology in Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Eric H. Elowitz, M.D.
Vice Chairman for Quality and Patient Safety
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spinal Surgery
Kai-Ming Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spinal Surgery
Co-Director, Spinal Deformity and Scoliosis Program
Chief of Neurological Surgery, NYP Lower Manhattan
Jeffrey P. Greenfield, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Residency Director
Roger Härtl, M.D.
Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director of Spinal Surgery
Caitlin Hoffman, M.D.
Victor and Tara Menezes Clinical Scholar in Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery in Pediatrics
Michael Kaplitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Research, Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Movement Disorders and Pain
Director, Residency Program
Jared Knopman, M.D.
Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Fellowship Director, Endovascular Neurosurgery
Lynn McGrath Jr., MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery
Susan C. Pannullo, M.D.
Director, Neurosurgical Radiosurgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Robert G. Schwager, MD ’67 Education Scholar, Cornell University
Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D.
Chief of Neurological Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist
Alvina and Willis Murphy Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
Director, Brain Metastases Program
Co-director, William Rhodes and Louise Tilzer-Rhodes Center for Glioblastoma
Amanda L. Sacks-Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurological Surgery
Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
David and Ursel Barnes Professor in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology
Director, Center for Epilepsy and Pituitary Surgery
Co-Director, Surgical Neuro-oncology
Justin Schwarz, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery (Brooklyn and Manhattan)
Robert B. Snow, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Attending Neurosurgeon
Mark M. Souweidane, M.D.
Vice Chairman, Neurological Surgery
Director, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Jessica Spat-Lemus, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurological Surgery
