Pediatric Neurosurgery

Our multidisciplinary approach ensures each patient is offered an optimal treatment plan that considers the whole child — not just the disease. Find out more about Pediatric Neurosurgery 

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

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...

Dr. Souweidane Talks About His Research in New Video

Dr. Mark Souweidane sat down with NYP Advances recently to talk about why he chose pediatric neurosurgery, how his clinical trials of DIPG are going, and the exciting news about his new clinical trial for choroid...

Pediatric Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine

The Pediatric Neurosurgery Service at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is a world-class provider of treatment. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures each patient is offered an optimal treatment plan that considers the whole child — not just the disease.

Slaton Spinks was small when he was born, but he seemed healthy. As the Texas baby grew, however, his parents, Brandee and Kevin, started to note some peculiarities. “He was delayed, and he just did things differently,” Brandee recalls. “He’d do the...

Our Care Team

  • Vice Chairman, Neurological Surgery
  • Director, Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Phone: 212-746-2363
  • Co-director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
Phone: 212-305-1396
  • Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs
  • Professor of Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery
  • Associate Residency Director
Phone: 212-746-2363
  • Victor and Tara Menezes Clinical Scholar in Neuroscience
  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in Pediatrics
Phone: 212-746-2363
  • Pediatric Neurosurgical Craniofacial Program Coordinator
Phone: 212-746-2363
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 212-746-2363
  • Physician Assistant
Phone: 212-746-2363
The world of neurosurgery lost a leading light last week when Dr. R. Michael Scott passed away at 82. On a personal level, I lost one of my early partners and mentors in neurosurgery as well as a friend.

Weill Cornell Medicine Brain & Spine Center 525 East 68 Street, Box 99 New York, NY 10065 Phone: 866-426-7787