Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery 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

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Alexandra Lebenthal took this remarkably unremarkable selfie a week after her FUS procedure... using

Dr. Kaplitt Publishes in JAMA Neurology on Second-Side FUS for Tremor

October 16, 2024

Dr. Michael Kaplitt has not slowed down since pioneering the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) for the treatment of essential tremor. Since the procedure was approved by the FDA in 2016, Dr....

A Top Hospital Neurosurgery in the World, #1 in NY, Third Year in a Row!

A Top Hospital for Neurosurgery in the World, #1 in NY, Third Year in a Row!

September 28, 2023

Since Newsweek and Statista started ranking specialized hospitals in 2021, the neurosurgery service at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University has been at the top...

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at Weill Cornell Medicine

The Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Service at Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surger is a world-class provider of treatment.

What our Patients Say

Our First Focused Ultrasound Patient Comes Back for Seconds

A lot has happened for Alexandra Lebenthal in the past seven years. In 2016 she became our first patient treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) after the FDA approved it for essential tremor. Since then, she and her husband, Jay, have...

Our Care Team

Michael KaplittMD, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Movement Disorders and Pain

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Phone: 212-746-4966

Martin ZonenshaynMD

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery

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Phone: 718-780-5176

Neurosurgery Blog

22 Years (and Counting)

By Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD Chair and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery

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...