Hemifacial Spasm is a neurological condition in which the muscles on one side of the face begin to involuntarily twitch or contract. The intensity of this condition can vary widely and while it occurs in both men and women, it more commonly affects middle-aged to elderly women. Causes Usually...

Dr. Michael Sisti from the Gamma Knife Center tells us a multi-million dollar up-grade is coming to his Center this Summer. They will be upgrading to a new state-of-the-art (5 million dollar plus) machine called the Gamma Knife Perfexion System...

The thirteenth annual New York Magazine Best Doctors List has arrived and we made it. Four of our doctors are listed in the areas of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery.  That is the most from any single department in the Tri-State Area! The doctors named are: Robert A. Solomon, M.D.,...

Our Resident Physician Dr. Raqeeb Haque shined at this year's American Association of Neurological Surgeons‘ (AANS) meeting; He even got his picture in the Program ... twice. First he was spotlighted as the 2009 NREF/Spine and Peripheral Nerves Section Research Fellow for his paper...

A Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) is a rare tangle of blood vessels in the brain that carries a high risk of hemorrhaging.  Brain surgeons have found that "gluing" or blocking off the blood supply to these malformations before surgery cuts down on blood loss and patients do better....

Dr. Robert Goodman from our Epilepsy Center was part of a multi-center trial on the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as an alternative to open brain surgery to help Epileptics get rid of their seizures. Results from this trial have been published this year in the February issue of  Annals of Neurol...