Twenty-four teams of neurosurgeons from top medical institutions competed June 4th in Central Park at the 8th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament. Endorsed by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons(AANS) and hosted by Columbia University, the event benefited brain tumor research via the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) of the AANS.

Dr.Paul C. McCormick, head of the Spine Center, will be sworn in as the new President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) this week at the Colorado Convention Center during their 79th Annual Scientific Meeting. In addition to taking on this new mantle, Dr....

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...

Second-year medical student Teresa Wojtasiewicz presented her paper, Neural Proliferation of Bone Marrow- Derived Cells in a Murine Model of Intracerebral Hemorrhage at AANS, which was a result of the AANS Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship she was awarded.  The paper is co-authored by...

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...

Dr. Sean Lavine from the Endovascular Center presented at two sessions during the recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting.  He was a panelist and speaker in a seminar comparing  surgical and endovascular treatment methods for patients with high-risk Carotid Artery...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce, Director of the Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory and Co-Director of the Brain Tumor Center provided the Farber Award introductions at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting this month.  This was held at the meeting of the AANS/CNS section on Tumors.

Dr. Robert Goodman represented the Movement Disorders Center as a speaker and panelist regarding the latest in surgical treatment of Parkinson's Disease at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting this month.  The panel specifically covered the subject of Deep Brain...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center was a faculty member as well as a panelist in two sessions at the recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting. The first was a didactic and hands-on review of problems located where the top of the spine meets the...

Dr. Guy M. McKhann from the Epilepsy Center co-directed a course on Brain Mapping techniques at the recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting.  The clinic focused on ways to map the eloquent cortex in order to remove tumors and treat epilepsy in the safest way...