The faculty members of Weill Cornell Medicine are consistently named to annual lists of Top Doctors, Best Doctors, and Super Doctors. We are honored that so many of our faculty are included on the 2024 Castle Connolly list of America’s Top Doctors, joining 300+ of our Weill Cornell Medicine colleagues from every discipline. Many of these top doctors have been named to this prestigious list for 10, 15, or even 20 years.
The 2024 list of America’s Top Doctors features these faculty members of the interdisciplinary team at Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, including specialists from neurosurgery, neuroendocrinology, neuroradiology, and orthopedic spine surgery. We are proud to be among the best neurosurgeons, best neuroradiologists, and best orthopedic surgeons in New York, and in the United States. Several of our top doctors have been on the list for many years, even decades, with a level of expertise unmatched in the nation.
Our faculty members practice at NewYork-Presbyterian (including the neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons of Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center) as well as at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This year’s Top Doctors are:
*Dr. Philip E. Stieg (named to the Castle Connolly list every year since 2000; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2002; America's Top Doctors for Cancer since 2005)
*Georgiana Dobri (since 2022, named an Exceptional Woman in Medicine since 2022)
*Dr. Neil A. Feldstein (since 2006; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2006; America's Top Doctors for Cancer since 2009)
*Dr. Y. Pierre Gobin (since 2013; Top Doctors New York Metro Area since 2016)
*Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield (since 2017; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2020)
*Dr. Roger Härtl (since 2008; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2012)
*Dr. Michael G. Kaplitt (since 2009; Top Doctors New York Metro Area since 2013)
*Dr. John Park (since 2022; the ONLY neurosurgeon in Queens to be named to the list; Top AAPI Doctors since 2023)
*Dr. Dan Riew (since 2000; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2020)
*Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz (since 2008; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2009; America's Top Doctors for Cancer since 2011)
*Dr. Robert B. Snow (since 1999; Top Doctors New York Metro Area since 2004)
*Dr. Mark M. Souweidane (since 2004; New York Magazine Top Doctors since 2010; America's Top Doctors for Cancer since 2011)
In addition to these full-time faculty members, our roster of Top Doctors includes associated faculty members who have appointments to our team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia University, and Northern Westchester Hospital.
*Dr. Mark H. Bilsky (since 2005)
*Dr. Ezriel E. Kornel (since 2004)
*Dr. Viviane Tabar, MD (since 2010)
*Dr. Cameron W. Brennan, MD (since 2017)
We also congratulate our colleagues at Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care. We work closely with spine experts of all disciplines to get the very best care for our patients, and we are proud to work with them.
Neel Mehta (on the list since 2018)
Jaspal Ricky Singh (since 2016)
Vandana Sood (since 2021)
Jennifer Soo-Hoo (since 2021)
We are humbled to named to this important annual list of the best doctors in the nation, and gratified to have earned the trust of our patients, and of other doctors.
