On Sunday, April 29th, Dr. Richard Anderson and Dr. Neil Feldstein from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center directed a unique practical clinic at the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons...

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...

Dr. Richard Anderson from our Pediatric Neurosurgery Center has once again been named one of New York Metro Area's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly. While practicing a broad range of pediatric neurosurgery, Dr. Anderson’s research interests in the immunology of pediatric brain tumors and...

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...

Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center spoke to his neurosurgical colleagues at the recent meeting of the  Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Chicago. His lecture was entitled, Anterior and Posterior Fusion Strategies of the Pediatric Spine.  "Children are not...

In 2005, Joe’s wife Natalie went into labour too early. Two months too early. “Our daughter Naomi weighed a bit less than two pounds,” says Joe. “She was in the NICU for approximately six weeks.” Joe and Natalie watched Naomi closely as she grew. “She did hit most of her...

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...

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.

“For the rest of my life I will never forget the words that Dr. Anderson first said when I sat in his office reviewing my daughter’s medical records, ‘This is a solvable problem.’” Tracee’s seven year old daughter Paige had been diagnosed with a Chiari Malformation 1 (CM1) and Syringomyelia. “When I left his office that night I slept for the first time in weeks...