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

Dr. Evan Johnson, Physical Therapist at the Spine Center  recently attended the 2011 annual meeting of the North American Spine Society. There he got to help test participants' balance and grip strength. The tests were part of an interactive display developed by the NASS Exercise Committee to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Drs. Hani Malone and Michael Kaiser are currently conducting clinical research to determine the optimal treatment strategies for patients presenting with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), a degenerative process of the neck that can lead to neurological deficits and impaired quality of life...

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...

The Valley Hospital’s annual Golf Outing was held under sunny skies this past Monday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. There were 184 golfers who enjoyed lunch on the patio, a wonderful day of golf, putting and pink ball contests, and a silent auction during cocktails and dinner...