Dr. Michael Kaiser from the Spine Center was another of our department faculty to speak at the recent Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).  Dr. Kaiser was Moderator at a course titled, If I Could Do That Case Over Again: Discussion of Complications...

The 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is in New Orleans this year and as usual, a large contingency from the Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery is in attendance.  Most of our neurosurgeons are...

Three of our Spine Center neurosurgeons took part in the program; Dr. Peter Angevine, Dr. Paul McCormick, and Dr. Michael Kaiser. This year's section meeting had a four day scientific program titled,

Dr. Michael Kaiser has been appointed Clinical Director of Valley Hospital's Spine Center in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The news was sent out today in a press release titled, The Valley Hospital Appoints Dr. Michael Kaiser Clinical Director of The Spine Center.  Dr. Kaiser, Associate Professor of...

Dr. Evan Johnson, Director of Physical Therapy at the Spine Center, tells us their big renovation is underway and they are making great progress. The renovation includes a significant expansion of the space. The physical therapy gym will double in size and...

Once again, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) is set to convene for their annual meeting. The five day conference, entitled Our Future is Now, will be held in Chicago, Illinois from October 6-10, 2012 and a large group of physicians from our department will be in attendance. We all...

Three of our neurosurgeons, Dr. Michael Kaiser, Dr. Richard Anderson and NJ affiliate Dr. Anthony D'Ambrosio donned their running shoes last weekend and raced for a good cause.

“All I want is to walk so I can have a morning shower every day on my own without help, and I can travel." That may not sound like a lot, but for 70-year-old Mostafa Reyad, who for the last five years has battled severe spinal degeneration, it makes for a life worth living...

Every year US News and World Report comes out with a list of the Best Hospitals in the country and once again New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell has not only made the list, but the Honor Roll as well. The Honor Roll makes up only 0.4% of the nearly 5,000...

We are so pleased to let you know that our "Meet the Doctor" videos are all done. Here at Columbia's Department of Neurosurgery we have twenty seven doctors and we now have a wonderful introductory video on each one of them. In these short (3 minutes or so) videos you can see and hear them talk...