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Dr. John Boockvar, former Representative Patrick Kennedy, and biotechnology financial analyst Franklin Berger talk about the state of cancer funding, particularly funding for brain cancer research, on the CNBC show Squawk Box. Watch the video:

Champions of Heart and Stroke honorees pose at the New York City Heart Ball
Our Neurosurgeon-in-Chief was named as one of this year's Champions at the New York City Heart Ball, the premier event of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
Dr. Heather McCrea
Dr. McCrea's study is titled "The Role of Angiocrine Expression of Notch Ligands in Glioma Progression."
Six neurosurgeons from the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center have been named to the Castle Connolly list of Top Doctors for the New York metro area.

Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Matthew Larson Foundation to support his research into how low-grade tumors are transformed into high-grade gliomas through the involvement of bone-marrow-derived cells (BMDCs). Read more about Dr. Greenfield's research.

Dr. Michael Kaplitt on CBS This Morning
Dr. Kaplitt appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss exciting results reported regarding gene therapy for Parkinson's disease. Dr. Kaplitt, who pioneered testing gene therapy for Parkinson's disease, talks about how gratifying it is to see real-world results emerge from his initial testing.
Dr. Theodore Schwartz signs a copy of his book for someone at the forum

Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, director of the Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base Surgery Program at the Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, recently spent four days in Shanghai, helping Chinese neurosurgeons develop their skills in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery.

Dr. Schwartz was the honored guest at the “First International Forum on Skull Base Trauma and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and First Workshop on Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery” at the Neurosurgical Department of...

Connor Ventura playing soccer

In the spring 2012 issue of Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield talks about his patient Connor Ventura, and about diagnosing, treating, and seeking new options for Chiari malformation.

New Jersey high school sophomore Connor Ventura was playing in a soccer showcase in Phoenix in December 2009 when he experienced severe dizziness, headache, and near-delirium. He decided to play through it; after all, this was his shot at impressing the Division I college...

 Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center
Dr. Mark Souweidane, Director of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, has received FDA approval for a clinical trial for young patients diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).
We're proud to have six of our neurosurgeons on this first edition of the magazine's list of top doctors.

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