Dr. Michael B. Sisti and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson with Registered Nurse Jerry Lesser saw their first patients at the Gamma Knife Center when it opened in 1998 and they have been going strong ever since; they just announced that they treated their 3700th patient.  According to Leksell, the...

Dr. Robert Solomon, Byron Stookey Professor of Neurosurgery and Chairman and Director of Service here at Columbia's Department of Neurosurgery, was interviewed recently for a featured article in AANS Neurosurgeon. AANS Neurosurgeon is an official online publication of the American Association of...

The Neurosurgical Society of America (NSA) recently held their annual meeting at the beautiful Cloisters Hotel on Georgia's Sea Island...

A couple of months ago, we shared the story of Elyse Schifrien (‘Rumors Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated’), who survived a giant aneurysm with the help of her surgeon Dr. Dorothea Altschul...

Valentina Kova is a New York based Fashion and Jewelry Designer. She is also a patient of Dr. Robert Solomon, a Columbia University neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of brain aneurysms...

Watch this terrific video of fashion designer Valentina, who survived a hereditary aneurysm with the help of Dr. Robert Solomon, Department Chair and specialist in cerebrovascular surgery. Meet Valentina, Dr. Solomon's patient

Dr. Sean Lavine from the Endovascular and Cerebrovascular Centers was an invited speaker at two conferences held in Honolulu, Hawaii last month. Held just days apart, the two conferences were: the 3rd SNIS International Endovascular Stroke Conference and Joint Cerebrovascular Section Annual Meet...

Last September, in the Bergen County Special Services School District, a rumor spread that their well-loved social worker and union co-president, Elyse Schifrien, had passed away. Elyse was only 58 years old and in good health. She had been...

Dr. Sean Lavine from the Endovascular Center is Principal Investigator here at Columbia University for the Hydrogel Endovascular Aneurysm Treatment (HEAT) Trial. Approximately 600 patients will take part in this trial at 24 sites across the United States and Canada. With this trial, Dr....

An article by Dr. E. Sander Connolly and Dr. Robert Solomon from the Cerebrovascular Center has made the front page of AANS Neurosurgeon, an official publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The article is titled Pros and Cons of Incidental Cerebral Aneurysm...