More than 90 members of our staff attended our Holiday party this year at Dylan Prime restaurant in New York City. Everyone enjoyed the

The annual Pool Symposium was held once again here at Columbia and the theme this year was pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Neil A. Feldstein, Dr. Richard Anderson, and Dr. Saadi Ghatan from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center were all there and each presented in their areas of expertise. Dr. Feldstein 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...

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...

Every year Dr. Neil A. Feldstein from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center puts together a parting gift for the graduating residents.  Using digital tools like Photo Shop he creates a personalized poster presented to the residents at their year-end celebratory dinner. Feldstein has done...

Seems like only yesterday we announced our three new chief residents and now they are gone. Chief residents Omar N Syed, MD, Robert Morgan Stuart,MD, and Andrew F Ducruet, MD have made it. They graduated and are heading out...

As captain of her high school cheerleading squad, Brittany Irwin was the picture of health. Hidden in her brain, though, was a condition that was about to take over her life. “I had headaches since I was in 7th grade—small ones at the back of my head,” says Brittany, “But I thought that...

In 2005, Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center started the Spasticity Center here at Columbia. The program has grown by leaps and bounds and that is exactly what he aimed for--quite literally...

Dr.Paul C. McCormick, head of the Spine Center, will be sworn in as the new President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) this week at the Colorado Convention Center during their 79th Annual Scientific Meeting. In addition to taking on this new mantle, Dr....