Congratulations to our Chairman Dr. Robert Solomon for his 2011 US News and World Report Top Doctor award! He has also been recognized as one of the top 1% of the nation in his specialty (You can tell that by the little blue star next to his name on their website.)

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...

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...

Our doctors recently returned from Europe where they attended the 45th annual meeting of the Society of University Neurosurgeons (SUN). The three part conference was held this year in Athens, Greece and two locations in Turkey;Istanbul and Izmir. Dr. E. Sander Connolly from...

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...

Department Chair, Dr. Robert Solomon was quoted in the February issue of NYPress, the newsletter for New York Presbyterian Hospital. The theme of the this issue was "We put patients first ALWAYS." Here is Solomon's quote in response to the question, "What does 'always' mean to you? "

We have just been told that Department Chair, Dr. Robert Solomon has one of the number-one-watched videos on the New York Presbyterian Hospital website. His video, Brain Aneurysms: Risk Factors & Treatments is first of hundreds on the site. Check out the video and see what all the fuss is...

This month, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons held their 39th annual joint meeting of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Section and our department presented two papers. One was authored by Dr. Paul Gigante, Dr. Neil Feldstein, and Dr. Richard...