In 1998, Dr. Michael B. Sisti and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson opened our Gamma Knife Center with nurses Nenita Magpantay-Nadera and Jeraldine Lesser. Thirteen years later, we are proud to say, the same team is still here!...

Columbia University Medical Center has sent out a press release, For Stroke Prevention, Large 
Medical Centers May Have the Edge, where they announced the results of research done here at the Department of Neurosurgery. They interviewed Department Chairman Dr. Robert Solomon about the research and his comments appear in the article...

Please meet Dr. Grace Mandigo, the next neurosurgeon in our video series. Dr. Mandigo directs our Allen Hospital practice based in Northern Manhattan. Meet Dr. Grace Kim Mandigo from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr....

Illinois' Freshman Senator Mark Kirk is recovering from surgery after he suffered a stroke this weekend. Though he was not treated here at Columbia, Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center regularly sees patients in his condition and gave us some insight into the problem and its treatment...

We are so pleased to present our Chairman Dr. Robert A. Solomon as the next physician in our video series. Meet Dr. Robert Solomon from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our...

Congratulations Dr. Steven R Isaacson from the Gamma Knife Center on another Top Doctor award.  Castle Connolly has added Dr. Isaacson to their list of America's Top Doctors for Cancer once again. He has been on this list for seven years in a row. He is also included in 11th annual...

We are pleased to introduce the next New Jersey affiliate in our video series, endovascular specialist, Dr. Dorothea Altschul.   Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…  

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center is featured in the January issue of Bergen County's (201) Magazine. He is at the top of their list of, People to Watch: 15 professionals...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Kaiser, an expert in complex spinal deformity, has been promoted. In addition to being Associate Director of the Spine Center, he is now Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery. This is an honor well deserved. Congratulations Dr....

SAMMPRIS (Stenting vs. Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis), a large NIH funded trial comparing two methods of stroke prevention was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med 2011; 365: 993-1003). This particular study showed that medical therapy was...

About a month ago, we posted that Department Neurosurgeon Dr.Christopher Winfree and Nurse Practitioner Maria Farrow were taking part in CBS's new show, A Gifted Man. We also mentioned they would be in a scene together in an upcoming episode and--that show airs tonight! To recap...

Surgeons have been talking about how to treat brain aneurysms for over 250 years and though technology and medical knowledge have advanced them to a whole new level, they are still at it. The discussion today centers primarily around two specific treatments; endovascular coiling and surgical clipping. This is what Department Chair, Dr. Robert Solomon and his colleagues...

We are pleased to introduce neurosurgeon Dr. Guy McKhann as the next physician in our video series. Meet Dr. Guy McKhann from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…

Meet Dr. Peter Angevine, the next spine specialist in our video series. Meet Dr. Pete Angivine from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…

We are pleased to give you our next physician video. This one features Gamma Knife specialist, Dr. Steven Isaacson. Meet Dr. Steve Issacson from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned...

Our next physician video is up and it features spine specialist, Dr. Alfred Ogden. Meet Dr. Alfred Ogden from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…

Meet our next New Jersey Associate on video, Spine specialist Dr. Timothy Link. Meet Dr. Timothy Link from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…

We are pleased to introduce the next physician in our video series. Meet Dr. David Estin, one of our New Jersey affiliates. Meet Dr. David Estin from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo. Learn more about this new series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay...

Next month's issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America focuses on Management of Brain Metastases and New Jersey affiliate, Dr. Anthony L. D'Ambrosio is one of two guest editors. He also co-authored the preface and two articles in this issue:  With Dr. Steven Isaacson from the Gamma...

Dr. Sean Lavine from the Endovascular Center and New Jersey Affiliate, Dr. Dorothea Altschul recently returned from Paris, France where they attended the third annual joint meeting of the Live Interventional Neuroradiology Neurosurgery Course (LINNC) & Anatolian Course of Interventional...

Learn more about the symptoms of Stroke and state-of-the-art treatment from interventional neurologist, Dr. Dorothea Altschul...

Endovascular specialists, Dr. Dorothea Altschul and Dr. Philip Meyers served as moderators at the Advanced Interventional Management (AIM) Symposium in NYC recently. The AIM symposium is an international meeting that...

  Forty Seven of us from the Department of Neurosurgery and our New Jersey Affiliates have rallied and will be joining The American Heart Association for their 2011 Start! Wall Street Run & Heart Walk this May. Our Columbia Neurosurgery Team is Huge! Check out our team...

The Valley Hospital’s annual Golf Outing was held under sunny skies this past Monday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. There were 184 golfers who enjoyed lunch on the patio, a wonderful day of golf, putting and pink ball contests, and a silent auction during cocktails and dinner...

Judi Thames, Patient Triage Coordinator for our New Jersey Affiliates is getting ready for the American Heart Association's Wall Street Walk/Run. She and her sister Jasmin have joined the Columbia Neurosurgery Team and will walk for health and family. "My late grandmother rebounded well from a...