Doctors often use grading scales that measure the most salient features of an illness to predict the outcome of a given treatment. These scales have been developed over the years and take in the experiences of many doctors and their patients with varying degrees of a problem. Things like how large...

Science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds in the last ten years and no where is this more true than in the field of cerebrovascular surgery.  This branch of neurosurgery deals with problems with the blood vessels that supply the brain.  New microsurgical and endovascular...

Two years ago at their annual meeting the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) introduced Integrated Medical Learning (IML), a great new way to make the most of having so many neurosurgeons in the same place at the same time.  According to the CNS website, "Integrated Medical Learning® allows...

Lead author Dr. Brad Zacharia with Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center and colleagues received the Galbraith Award at this year's annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) for their study of the treatment of brain aneurysms in the State of New York. An...

Like a lot of smart people, neurosurgeons know that it is important to keep learning. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Meeting is a week-long event where neurosurgeons from around the world get together to teach and learn from each other. Many of the doctors from the different Centers...

Education Weill Medical College of Cornell University, M.D. 2006 Philosophy, Princeton University, B.A. 1999 Honors/Awards George G. Reader Prize in Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Russek...

Education Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, M.D. 2004 Princeton University, Chemistry, B.A. 1999 Honors/Awards: Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, 2004 Magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1999 Professional Memberships: American...

Dr. D'Ambrosio earned his medical doctorate from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha.  He completed his Neurological Surgery Internship, Residency and Chief Residency at the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University.  In addition, he...

Dr. Lavine dedicates his practice exclusively to diseases associated with the cerebrovascular system and to those diseases treated with Endovascular Neurosurgical and Interventional Neuroradiological Procedures. He was among the first surgeons in the country to complete training in these procedures...

Dr. Connolly serves as the Surgical Director of the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit, caring for patients suffering from the acute effects of both hemorrhagic as well as ischemic stroke. Working as part of an extremely experienced and world-renowned team of critical care and stroke neurologists, as well as...