Research is a large part of our mission here at the Department of Neurological Surgery. This is founded on a tradition that goes back to the early days of the Neurological Institute, a hundred years ago. A number of our neurosurgeons carry on this important work today. Their research is largely...

Dr. Michael Sisti will tell you it was his destiny, to not only be a neurosurgeon, but to be one here at the Neurological Institute. ”It was a combination of family and geography,” He says.  That, a chain smoking scout leader and a bunch of laboratory cats. “My family is very traditional...

New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell has once again been ranked Best Hospital in New York. This is according to U.S.News & World Report's, “America’s Best Hospitals Survey.”  We have also, for the eleventh year in a row, been placed on their Honor Roll as...

We are proud to announce that once again, Columbia Neurosurgery has the most neurosurgeons named Super Doctors in the New York Metro area. The doctors listed for 2011 are...

Twenty-four teams of neurosurgeons from top medical institutions competed June 4th in Central Park at the 8th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament. Endorsed by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS) and hosted by Columbia University, the event benefited brain tumor research via the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the AANS.

Summer is here and we are once again hosting the Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament. This event is in it’s eighth year and with twenty four teams involved, we should see over five hundred people together in Central Park on June 4th, a day that Mayor Bloomberg has declared,...

The new state-of-the-art Gamma Knife Perfexion System is in place and our radio surgery program is back in full swing. "We have had a great start...

This year, US News & World Report again carefully combed through the stats of nearly 5,000 hospitals and 16 specialty areas and came up with a list of 152 of the country's best hospitals. Not only did New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell make that...

Dr. Michael Sisti from the Gamma Knife Center tells us a multi-million dollar up-grade is coming to his Center this Summer. They will be upgrading to a new state-of-the-art (5 million dollar plus) machine called the Gamma Knife Perfexion System...

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...