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New Research Shows Better Outcomes When TBI Guidelines Are Followed

October 18, 2013

A new study co-authored by Dr. Roger Härtl shows that patients who suffer a severe traumatic brain injury do better when their caregivers follow established guidelines for managing the injury.

Dr. Mark Souweidane appeared on Today in NY this morning to talk about DIPG and the Cristian Rivera Foundation Celebrity Gala

September 30, 2013

Dr. Mark Souweidane appeared in a segment about his research into diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Watch the video clip.

Dr. Souweidane honored at the 2012 Cristian Rivera Foundation Gala

September 23, 2013

Dr. Mark Souweidane, Vice Chairman of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, will be honored next Monday night, September 30, with the 2013 Cristian Rivera Foundation Vision of Hope Award. The award will be presented at the fifth annual Cristian Rivera Foundation Celebrity Gala.

Cristian was just 6 years old when he lost his battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, in 2009. Cristian’s parents started the Cristian Rivera...

September 18, 2013

Thanks to a generous gift from the Mortimer Sackler Foundation, the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center has created the Sackler Brain and Spine Institute at its East 68th Street facility. The new Sackler Brain and Spine Institute brings together neurological surgery, neurology, and all the related medical fields a patient might need when being treated for a disease or condition of the brain or spine.

The institute will be co-directed by...

September 6, 2013

Yujie Huang, PhD, has been awarded a three-year, $400,000 grant from the Department of Defense for a research project investigating how children’s brain tumors progress. Dr. Huang, who works in Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield's pediatric neuro-oncology laboratory, will be working on “Characterizing and Targeting Bone Marrow-Derived Inflammatory Cells in Driving the Malignancy and Progression of Childhood Astrocytic Brain Tumors.”

August 30, 2013

Dr. Peter Grunert, spine fellow, was recently awarded the first-place award for best basic science abstract and presentation at the annual meeting of the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Society (MINS).

August 30, 2013

Tickets are now available for a five-session course, “Neuroscience of Sports: Your Brain in Action,” to be presented at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday evenings at 6 pm starting September 16, 2013.

July 30, 2013

Dr. Philip E. Stieg, Chairman of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has announced that Amanda L. Sacks, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, has been appointed to the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Sacks is a neuropsychologist who specializes in cognitive remediation for deficits caused by traumatic brain injury; brain tumors and cranial surgery; chemotherapy and radiation; and stroke and other cerebrovascular...

Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center Opens in Lower Manhattan

July 22, 2013

Dr. Philip Stieg, director of the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has announced the opening of new clinical location in lower Manhattan. The new facility is located at 156 William Street, on the 11th floor, convenient to all of downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Ranked Number 1 in New York – Again

July 18, 2013

The hospital was once again included on U.S. News' prestigious Honor Roll, a designation given to only 18 hospitals nationwide.

New Research Shows Better Outcomes When TBI Guidelines Are Followed

Dr. Souweidane Talks About DIPG Research on Today in New York

Mark Souweidane to Be Honored With Cristian Rivera Foundation Vision of Hope Award

The Sackler Brain and Spine Institute

Children’s Brain Tumor Project Researcher Awarded 3-Year DoD Grant

Dr. Grunert Takes First Place in Basic Science at MINS

Sports on the Brain

Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Remediation Specialist Amanda Sacks, Ph.D., Joins the Faculty

Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center Opens New Patient Facility in Lower Manhattan

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Ranked Number 1 in New York – Again