Dr. Guy McKhann, Florence Irving Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and member of the Brain Tumor Center, Epilepsy Center & Movement Disorders Center, participated in the 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) in New...

Dr. Sheth graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard University with a degree in Physics and Astronomy. He then entered the Medical Scientist Training (MST) Program at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he received both his MD and PhD degrees. Dr. Sheth trained in Neurological Surgery at the...

 Madison Wells is a bright and energetic young woman. At eighteen, she just graduated from high school, has her first job and is currently attending Southeastern University. She spent last summer hiking, playing tennis, and taking long walks on the beach, and switched to snow boarding and skiing...

We are proud to introduce the first iPad app affiliated with Columbia's Department of Neurosurgery--It's called Neurospiral. The app, which can measure tremors and hand-eye coordination...

Jerry Lesser, MS, RNC, ACRN, Program Director of the Gamma Knife Center, has a terrific Gamma Knife article in the June 2012 issue of InReport, New York Presbyterian Hospital's (NYPH) Nursing Newsletter. The article gives an informed, moment-by-moment account of what a patient might go through...

Dr. Guy McKhann from the Brain Tumor, Epilepsy, and Movement Disorder Centers played a multitude of parts at the recent Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). In addition to being an avid participant, he was a Co-Director, a Discussant, a Co-Author, a...

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...

Dr. Robert Goodman from the Epilepsy Center and Movement Disorders Center presented his research on epilepsy and brain stimulation at the Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) this year. The paper he co-authored, Treatment of Medically Intractable Mesial Temporal...

Dr. Guy M. McKhann was busy at this year's Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). He gave presentations in two Practical Courses and was part of a new Symposium...

Language mapping is often used to protect language functions during surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy or brain tumors. Language mapping is done during surgery while the patient is awake and interactive.  This is possible because the brain itself does not have pain receptors. The patient is...