After finishing medical school at Dartmouth, Dr. Giordano moved to New York and completed her residency here at Columbia. She continued on after graduation in the pediatric Emergency Room. Then, in 2006, she formed a small group of pediatric hospitalists that began working closely with pediatric...

Dr. Asafu-Agyei joined the Pediatric Neurosurgical Hospitalists team in July 2011. Prior to that she worked as a primary care pediatrician after completing her Pediatric Residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her interests are varied and range from health disparities, particularly in...

As captain of her high school cheerleading squad, Brittany Irwin was the picture of health. Hidden in her brain, though, was a condition that was about to take over her life. “I had headaches since I was in 7th grade—small ones at the back of my head,” says Brittany, “But I thought that...

In 2005, Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center started the Spasticity Center here at Columbia. The program has grown by leaps and bounds and that is exactly what he aimed for--quite literally...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center spoke at this month's 79th annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He was a faculty member at a four hour Practical Clinic entitled, Cranio-Cervical: Stabilization Techniques, Surgical Approaches,...

“It’s just a ding,” says Coach. “Bobbie didn’t get knocked out or anything — put him back in.” It's the championship game after all, and Bobbie is the star player. In this scenario, the question that should be asked is; Could Bobbie have a concussion? Too often, incomplete...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center recently presented at Metropolitan Hospital's Grand Rounds. His talk, Lumps & Bumps, Spots & Dimples, and Hairy Patches
 (Pediatric Occult Spinal Dysraphism), was given with great interest to their Department of...

For a long time, when children were diagnosed with Chiari malformation type I (CMI), they were automatically pulled from all sports and rough play in an effort to protect them from injury. It was assumed that their neurological condition, whether symptomatic or not, was precarious enough that the...

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...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center was active with this year's Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). He was part of the Annual Meeting Committee; for the planning and implementation of the Luncheon Seminars, and as the Section Liaison for Pediatric...