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...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center is a Guest Editor for the latest issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. This issue's focus is on Pineal Tumors. Dr. Bruce co-authored the preface of this issue with long-time colleague Dr. Andrew Parsa. Within the issue, Bruce...

The New York Society for Neurosurgery held their annual Resident's Research Night last week and second-year resident Dr. Chuck Mikell won first place for his research on brain tumors. Dr. Mikell's presentation that night was entitled, Characterization of Eloquent Networks in Patients with...

Columbia's College of Physician's and Surgeon's Newsroom has an article about Dr. Jeffrey Bruce's latest research on the treatment of brain tumors. The article, Breaking a Barrier in Brain Cancer, has been receiving wide attention and has become one of the main stories they are circulating...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center was busy at this month's 79th annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). "I was involved in several symposia which allowed us to present some of the latest work we are doing at Columbia to advance the field," Says...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center is quoted extensively in the latest issue of Advances, New York Presbyterian's e-Newsletter. In the article, Skull Base Techniques Offer Brain Tumor Patients Less Invasive Options, Dr. Bruce says,"When tumors arise along the base of the...

Next month's issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America focuses on Management of Brain Metastases and New Jersey affiliate, Dr. Anthony L. D'Ambrosio is one of two guest editors. He also co-authored the preface and two articles in this issue:  With Dr. Steven Isaacson from the Gamma...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center both attended and played a leading role at this year's Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) in San Francisco last month. On the second day of the conference, he was one of the faculty for a Practical Course called, Brain Tumor...

Dr. Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center has just received a large gift from the Meghan Rose Bradley Foundation for pediatric brain tumor research. The foundation presented Dr. Anderson with a $35,000 check at their 4th Annual Dinner Gala held earlier this month...

Imagine a war zone where the entire army has shown up to fight the enemy but for some reason won't shoot. For this war to be won, whatever is keeping the soldiers from fighting needs to be found and stopped. This is the situation researchers have recently discovered in their fight against malignant gliomas...