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Dr. Roger Hartl and Dr. Claudius Thome

In late 2017, Dr. Roger Hartl and Dr. Claudius Thome were awarded the American Austrian Foundation’s 2017 Humes Visiting Professorships. The professorships are a bilateral exchange in which two distinguished course directors present at each other’s institutions. Dr. Hartl visited the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria on September 28,2018, to give his lecture. Last week Dr. Thome presented a Grand Rounds guest lecture at Weill Cornell, completing the exchange.

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Dr. Stieg Delivers 2018 Elsberg Lecture
The lecture, “Global Neurosurgery: A Neurosurgeon’s Opportunity to Affect World Hope, Communication, and Health,” focused on the extensive programs the neurosurgeons of Weill Cornell Medicine have developed over the past two decades in under-served areas of the world.
Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center
Dr. Kaplitt spoke on "Focused Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Mechanism to Improve Dysfunctional Brain Circuits in Neurological Disease."
Chloe Holland, PA-C, Weill Cornell Medicine and NY-Presbyterian
Chloe was one of 16 PAs recognized across the hospital system
Graham T. Allison, PhD, has been selected to deliver the Michael L. J. Apuzzo Lecture on Creativity and Innovation
Dr. Allison is the author of the 1976 best-seller "Remaking Foreign Policy: The Organizational Connection," and he has served since then as an advisor and analyst on nuclear weapons, terrorism, and political affairs.
Dr. Michael Apuzzo of Weill Cornell Medicine
In honor of Dr. Apuzzo, the BAU Class of 2025 in Istanbul will be named the Professor Michael Apuzzo Class. Dr. Apuzzo will travel to Turkey in September 2019 to welcome the incoming Apuzzo Class.
Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna
Dr. Ramakrishna will use the $50,000 grant to study MRI-guided focused ultrasound for subcortical gliomas.
Dr. Souweidane and Dr. Greenfield - Weill Cornell Medicine
The CBTP joins a historic undertaking in pediatric neurosurgery research.
Dr. Chris Schaffer and Dr. Theodore Schwartz at Weill Cornell Medicine BME conference 2018

A collaboration between Dr. Theodore Schwartz at Weill Cornell Medicine and Dr. Chris Schaffer at Cornell University in Ithaca has resulted in a paper in the publication Cerebral Cortex. In the paper, co-authored by Dr. Mingrui Zhao and titled “In Vivo Femtosecond Laser Subsurface Cortical Microtransections Attenuate Acute Rat Focal Seizures,” they demonstrated a new technique that used a “laser scalpel.” Their work was funded by...

Philip E. Stieg
Dr. Philip Stieg joins the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), working together with other commissioners to promote safety from head injury for athletes.

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