‘Spine Center Featured’ Archive
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They Walk in the Shoes of Giants and Even Sit in Their Chairs
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...
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 by Department Author In Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular Featured, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Spine Center Featured -
US News Gives us Top Honors Again!
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...
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 by Department Author In Article, Award, Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular Featured, Epilepsy Featured, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Movement Disorders Featured, Pain Center Featured, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Peripheral Nerve Featured, Spine Center Featured -
Most Neurosurgery 'Super Docs' of any NY Hospital AGAIN!
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...
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 by Department Author In Article, Award, Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Dr. Solomon, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Neurosurgeons, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Spine Center Featured -
Barrow Wins Again at 8th Annual Neuro Charity Softball Tournament
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.
Posted on Jun 7, 2011 by Department Author In Article, Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Endovascular Featured, Epilepsy Featured, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Movement Disorders Featured, Pain Center Featured, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Peripheral Nerve Featured, Spine Center Featured -
Summer Brings Our 8th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament
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,...
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Department Author In Article, Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Endovascular Featured, Epilepsy Featured, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Movement Disorders Featured, Pain Center Featured, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Peripheral Nerve Featured, Spine Center Featured -
We Did it Again! We Made US News & World Report's Top Ten
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...
Posted on Mar 22, 2011 by Department Author In Article, Award, Brain Tumor Featured, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Endovascular Featured, Epilepsy Featured, Featured, Gamma Knife Featured, Movement Disorders Featured, Pain Center Featured, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Peripheral Nerve Featured, Spine Center Featured -
Spine Center Featured in Back-in-Action Webcast
On the first of the month, New York Presbyterian Hospital premiered their Back-in-Action Webcast. The show featured our Spine Center and it was a huge success. An official at the NY Presbyterian Hospital told us, the program landed in the upper third of pre-taped events that they have launched...
Posted on Feb 3, 2011 by Department Author In Blog, Doctors, Education, Spine, Spine Center Featured -
New Fossil "Ardi" Reminds Us to 'Sit Up Straight' and 'Walk Tall'

"Ardi" (short for Ardipithecus ramidus) is a fossil of one of our earliest pre-human ancestors. Most likely female, she lived 4.4 million years ago. Over the last several years a team of researchers has studied her remains and finally presented their findings to the world via Science Magazine...
Posted on Jan 15, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Spine Center Blog, Spine Center Featured