Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center is featured in the January issue of Bergen County's (201) Magazine. He is at the top of their list of, People to Watch: 15 professionals...

The annual Pool Symposium was held once again here at Columbia and the theme this year was pediatric neurosurgery. Dr. Neil A. Feldstein, Dr. Richard Anderson, and Dr. Saadi Ghatan from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center were all there and each presented in their areas of expertise. Dr. Feldstein spoke about...

We are pleased to offer this wonderful glimpse of Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center as the subject of our latest Doctor video. Learn more about this new series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti on Video  Stay tuned...

Once again, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), has convened for their annual meeting. This has taken a large number of our department to Washington, DC this week.  Not only to attend, but to present as well. Our Department Head, Dr. Robert A. Solomon will be bringing his expertise...

Under the guidance of Drs. Richard Anderson and Jeffrey Bruce, a brand new treatment method has been used to successfully treat two children with the deadliest kind of brain tumor, diffuse intrinsic brainstem glioma (DIPG). This type of tumor is fast growing and now accounts for the majority of...

Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center is a Guest Editor for the latest issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. This issue's focus is on Pineal Tumors. Dr. Bruce co-authored the preface of this issue with long-time colleague Dr. Andrew Parsa. Within the issue, Bruce...

Our doctors recently returned from Europe where they attended the 45th annual meeting of the Society of University Neurosurgeons (SUN). The three part conference was held this year in Athens, Greece and two locations in Turkey;Istanbul and Izmir. Dr. E. Sander Connolly from...

The Valley Hospital’s annual Golf Outing was held under sunny skies this past Monday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. There were 184 golfers who enjoyed lunch on the patio, a wonderful day of golf, putting and pink ball contests, and a silent auction during cocktails and dinner...

As captain of her high school cheerleading squad, Brittany Irwin was the picture of health. Hidden in her brain, though, was a condition that was about to take over her life. “I had headaches since I was in 7th grade—small ones at the back of my head,” says Brittany, “But I thought that...

In 2005, Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center started the Spasticity Center here at Columbia. The program has grown by leaps and bounds and that is exactly what he aimed for--quite literally...