Dr. Peter Canoll, a long time collaborator with the Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory has just received a $1.8 million grant  for his research "The Role of White Matter Progenitors in Glioma Formation and Progression."  This grant comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorters and...

In addition to all the other work he does, Dr. Jeffrey N. Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center has been extra busy writing these days.  He and his colleagues just finished a chapter on Skull Based Tumors for WebMD's eMedicine Neurosurgery Book.  About which he says, "Basic surgical approaches to...

More than 250,000 leading doctors were asked to name the nation's best physicians in various specialties – those "to whom you would send members of your family." The annual survey, conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and published in America's Top Doctors, results include 9 of our...

Our doctors have many accomplishments in the workplace, but today we have other types of accomplishments to share:  Last week, Dr. Christopher J. Winfree, head of our Pain Center and Peripheral Nerve Center,  got married AND Dr. Anthony L. D'Ambrosio, part of our Brain Center, Gamma Knife Center,...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce was contacted by the Associated Press for an interview  in a video describing Senator Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor treatment.

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce was recently presented with the Physician of the Year award at the annual Tribute to Our Friends by CancerCare, a national non-profit organization that provides free support services to all those affected by cancer.  For over 15 years Dr. Bruce "has given generously of his time a...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Neurological Institute (NI).  The Institute was founded in 1909 as the first hospital in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the study and treatment of Neurological disorders.  In 1929, the Neurological Institute of New York moved to their current...

This year marks the 100th anniversary for the Neurological Institute (NI). To mark this occasion Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons hosted a Centennial Symposium in September.  The auditorium was filled with Neuroscientists and Neurosurgeons from all over the world...

Center Director Dr. Jeffrey Bruce went to New Orleans last week to join a panel on craniopharyngioma (a benign tumor that occurs near the pituitary gland) at the annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting. Dr. Bruce participated as an expert on open surgical approaches at the panel, which also...