The Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center offers the expertise of international leaders in novel therapies and surgical solutions for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders. About the Movement Disorder Service
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at Weill Cornell Medicine
The Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Service at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is a world-class provider of treatment.
A lot has happened in the seven years since Alexandra Lebenthal became our first patient treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) after the FDA approved it for essential tremor. She and her husband, Jay, have moved to a new apartment; two of...
Our Care Team
- Executive Vice Chair, Research, Neurological Surgery
- Professor of Neurological Surgery
- Director, Movement Disorders and Pain
- Director, Residency Program
Phone: 212-746-4966
- Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery
Phone: 718-780-5176
It was 22 years ago today – November 1, 2000 – that I became the first chair of the newly formed department of neurosurgery and neurosurgeon-in-chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. I suppose I might have been more reflective...