In 1998, Dr. Michael B. Sisti and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson opened our Gamma Knife Center with nurses Nenita Magpantay-Nadera and Jeraldine Lesser. Thirteen years later, we are proud to say, the same team is still here!...

At a recent Grand Rounds, here at Columbia, Dr. Steven Isaacson from the Gamma Knife Center spoke about one of the deadliest kinds of brain tumors, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). His talk, GBM:A Story of Frustration and Hope, outlined the latest in treatment strategies including issues such...

Stereotactic Radiosurgery is a precise form of therapeutic radiology that uses intense doses of radiation without a surgical incision or opening. It is called “surgery” because a result similar to an actual surgical procedure is created by the radiation therapy treatment. The beams of...

The new state-of-the-art Gamma Knife Perfexion System is in place and our radio surgery program is back in full swing. "We have had a great start...

Our condolences go out to Marci Faber and her family. She suffered a rare and terrible tragedy described in the recent front page New York Times article A Pinpoint Beam Strays Invisibly, Harming Instead of Healing. Her story is a reminder to everyone that radiosurgery is serious business.  We here...

Dr. Michael Sisti from the Gamma Knife Center tells us a multi-million dollar up-grade is coming to his Center this Summer. They will be upgrading to a new state-of-the-art (5 million dollar plus) machine called the Gamma Knife Perfexion System...

The thirteenth annual New York Magazine Best Doctors List has arrived and we made it. Four of our doctors are listed in the areas of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery.  That is the most from any single department in the Tri-State Area! The doctors named are: Robert A. Solomon, M.D.,...

Our Resident Physician Dr. Raqeeb Haque shined at this year's American Association of Neurological Surgeons‘ (AANS) meeting; He even got his picture in the Program ... twice. First he was spotlighted as the 2009 NREF/Spine and Peripheral Nerves Section Research Fellow for his paper...

This month, the Gamma Knife Center celebrates its 12th birthday and they have a lot to celebrate. The Gamma Knife Center team has treated a total of 2,734 patients!  In addition, the staff has remained the same in all those years.  The staff loyalty  speaks to their job satisfaction and strong...

The New York Times recently reported on a couple of cases of radiation therapy gone terribly wrong.  Since then, several radiation oncologists have come out urging us to keep our perspective and remember that these incidences, though devastating, are very rare (less than 1 in 22,000) and that...