The answer is YES!  There is exciting news on the horizon for cancer patients.  Dr. Jeffrey N. Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center has announced the start of Phase 2 Clinical Trials for a new vaccine to be used in the battle against brain tumors, specifically high-grade gliomas.  Gliomas are the...

The New York Times recently reported on a couple of cases of radiation therapy gone terribly wrong.  Since then, several radiation oncologists have come out urging us to keep our perspective and remember that these incidences, though devastating, are very rare (less than 1 in 22,000) and that...

H. Houston Merritt, MD is widely considered the father of Neurology, by now however, it may be more accurate to say he is the Grandfather of Neurology.  In the 12th edition of Merritt's Neurology just published, the editors refer to the most recent bunch of contributors as his "intellectual...

Despite the lack of evidence so far, the suggestion that cell phone use is in some way linked to the development of brain tumors still abounds, prompting study after study. Newly published research out of Scandinavia, where cell phone use is particularly high, shows that there is still no link....

Dr. Robert Goodman from our Epilepsy Center was part of a multi-center trial on the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as an alternative to open brain surgery to help Epileptics get rid of their seizures. Results from this trial have been published this year in the February issue of  Annals of Neurol...

Not only do his hands work wonders on the operating table, but our own Dr. Bruce uses them on the Yankees ballfield, too!  World Series, Yankees vs. Phillies 2009 and Dr. Jeffrey Bruce has the foul ball he caught in his hands.  Go team!!!