Dr. Paul McCormick and Dr. Michael Kaiser from the Spine Center recently returned from Illinois where they taught residents from around the country the finer points of spinal stabilization. This annual three day meeting is...

“She was sitting in my office and she showed me this video of herself doing karate,” says Dr. Michael Kaiser from the Spine Center. “I was impressed by how much she had already recovered. It had only been six months since her operation.” He’s talking about 60 year old Lisa Schwartz, a...

Dr. Michael Sisti just signed on to sponsor a new outreach program called Patient & Family Coffee Break. The program is held once a month for our neurosurgical patients and their families to get together with hospital staff in a comfortable and informal setting...

A few of our neurosurgeons recently got a chance to teach medical students about the brain in a hands-on human anatomy lab. Dr. Donald O. Quest from the Spine Center headed the lab for medical students at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was joined by...

Earlier this week, many of our neurosurgeons got to hear NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell speak at the Annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in Washington, DC. Goodell spoke about...

Once again, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), has convened for their annual meeting. This has taken a large number of our department to Washington, DC this week.  Not only to attend, but to present as well. Our Department Head, Dr. Robert A. Solomon will be bringing his expertise...

we have begun putting together mini documentaries on each of our doctors. In these short (3 minutes or so) videos you can see and hear them talk about what they do. We think...

This summer, kids from the Lang Youth Medical Program got to view brain surgery with Dr. Saadi Ghatan from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center. They were all middle or high school students from the Washington Heights area who participate in Lang's six-year science education and mentoring program sponsored by...

Under the guidance of Drs. Richard Anderson and Jeffrey Bruce, a brand new treatment method has been used to successfully treat two children with the deadliest kind of brain tumor, diffuse intrinsic brainstem glioma (DIPG). This type of tumor is fast growing and now accounts for the majority of...

Dr. Michael Kaiser and Dr. Sean Lavine tell us they had quite an adventure in Athens, Greece this summer. Following the Society of University Neurosurgeons' meeting, they both vacationed there with their families when riots broke out. BBC news described, “masked protesters - armed with rocks...