We are pleased to announce the addition of neurosurgeon Dr. Sameer A. Sheth to our Department. Dr. Sheth received both his MD and PhD in Neuroscience at UCLA School of Medicine and then completed his neurosurgery residency and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical...

Dr. Sheth graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard University with a degree in Physics and Astronomy. He then entered the Medical Scientist Training (MST) Program at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he received both his MD and PhD degrees. Dr. Sheth trained in Neurological Surgery at the...

Last month at Grand Rounds, Jennifer Sims, Ph.D., of the Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory presented her exciting new research on the deadly tumor, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center and Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center have joined forces with a multidisciplinary team* here at Columbia on a novel procedure to treat...

In Nancy Sharp's new memoir Both Sides Now, she paints a vivid picture of moments she shared with her husband Brett as he received the diagnosis and then battled a life threatening brain tumor. In an excerpt from her book, posted last month on the StandUp2Cancer (SU2C) Website, she pays special...

All four neurosurgeons from our affiliated West Long Branch Office took part in the David S. Zocchi Memorial Golf Outing in Brielle, New Jersey this year...

For all of you who were planning to join us for The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)'s first annual New York City 5K run/walk this Saturday,  November 10, unfortunately due to the storm and severe flooding, the race has been cancelled. This event was special to all of us here committed...

The Matthew Larson Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (IronMatt) has awarded Dr. Richard Anderson with a $75K grant to pursue pediatric brain tumor research over 2012-2013...

A very grateful woman, Maria Bonyhay, has posted her story of survival on the Brain Tumor Foundation website this month. Her surgeon was Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center. In her story, Maria emphasizes the importance of getting a second or even third opinion. After being diagnos...

Important new research linking Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain tumor, with a genetic defect was just published in The Wall Street Journal. Two neurosurgeons from our Brain Tumor Center, Dr. Michael Sisti and Dr. Jeffrey Bruce, help us understand the importance of this new research...