After a rigorous selection process, another round of Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery doctors have been added to Castle Connolly's list of Top Doctors in the New York Metro area: Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Bruce, Dr. Neil Feldstein, Dr. Robert Goodman, Dr. Steven...

Dr. Peter Canoll, a long time collaborator with the Bartoli Brain Tumor Laboratory has just received a $1.8 million grant  for his research "The Role of White Matter Progenitors in Glioma Formation and Progression."  This grant comes from the National Institute of Neurological Disorters and...

In addition to all the other work he does, Dr. Jeffrey N. Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center has been extra busy writing these days.  He and his colleagues just finished a chapter on Skull Based Tumors for WebMD's eMedicine Neurosurgery Book.  About which he says, "Basic surgical approaches to...

More than 250,000 leading doctors were asked to name the nation's best physicians in various specialties – those "to whom you would send members of your family." The annual survey, conducted by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and published in America's Top Doctors, results include 9 of our...

H. Houston Merritt, MD is widely considered the father of Neurology, by now however, it may be more accurate to say he is the Grandfather of Neurology.  In the 12th edition of Merritt's Neurology just published, the editors refer to the most recent bunch of contributors as his "intellectual...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce was contacted by the Associated Press for an interview  in a video describing Senator Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor treatment.

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce was recently presented with the Physician of the Year award at the annual Tribute to Our Friends by CancerCare, a national non-profit organization that provides free support services to all those affected by cancer.  For over 15 years Dr. Bruce "has given generously of his time a...

Despite the lack of evidence so far, the suggestion that cell phone use is in some way linked to the development of brain tumors still abounds, prompting study after study. Newly published research out of Scandinavia, where cell phone use is particularly high, shows that there is still no link....

Not only do his hands work wonders on the operating table, but our own Dr. Bruce uses them on the Yankees ballfield, too!  World Series, Yankees vs. Phillies 2009 and Dr. Jeffrey Bruce has the foul ball he caught in his hands.  Go team!!!

Center Director Dr. Jeffrey Bruce went to New Orleans last week to join a panel on craniopharyngioma (a benign tumor that occurs near the pituitary gland) at the annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting. Dr. Bruce participated as an expert on open surgical approaches at the panel, which also...