Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center spoke recently at the American Heart Association's International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. As Chair of the Writing Group, he presented...

Columbia University Medical Center has sent out a press release, For Stroke Prevention, Large 
Medical Centers May Have the Edge, where they announced the results of research done here at the Department of Neurosurgery. They interviewed Department Chairman Dr. Robert Solomon about the research and his comments appear in the article...

Illinois' Freshman Senator Mark Kirk is recovering from surgery after he suffered a stroke this weekend. Though he was not treated here at Columbia, Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center regularly sees patients in his condition and gave us some insight into the problem and its treatment...

We are pleased to introduce the next New Jersey affiliate in our video series, endovascular specialist, Dr. Dorothea Altschul.   Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned for our next video…  

SAMMPRIS (Stenting vs. Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis), a large NIH funded trial comparing two methods of stroke prevention was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med 2011; 365: 993-1003). This particular study showed that medical therapy was...

Surgeons have been talking about how to treat brain aneurysms for over 250 years and though technology and medical knowledge have advanced them to a whole new level, they are still at it. The discussion today centers primarily around two specific treatments; endovascular coiling and surgical clipping. This is what Department Chair, Dr. Robert Solomon and his colleagues...

Dr. Philip Meyers from our Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Centers has made history here at Columbia as the first to use the new Pipeline™ Embolization Device for the treatment of brain aneurysms. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration last April, the Pipeline Device had...

Endovascular specialists, Dr. Dorothea Altschul and Dr. Philip Meyers served as moderators at the Advanced Interventional Management (AIM) Symposium in NYC recently. The AIM symposium is an international meeting that...

Dr. Sahlein specializes in the endovascular treatment of intracranial, skull base/neck, and spinal vascular disease using advanced minimally invasive, image-guided technologies.  Particular areas of interest include intracranial aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, and dural arteriovenous...

Learn more about the symptoms of Stroke and state-of-the-art treatment from interventional neurologist, Dr. Dorothea Altschul...