Science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds in the last ten years and no where is this more true than in the field of cerebrovascular surgery.  This branch of neurosurgery deals with problems with the blood vessels that supply the brain.  New microsurgical and endovascular...

Two years ago at their annual meeting the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) introduced Integrated Medical Learning (IML), a great new way to make the most of having so many neurosurgeons in the same place at the same time.  According to the CNS website, "Integrated Medical Learning® allows...

Lead author Dr. Brad Zacharia with Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center and colleagues received the Galbraith Award at this year's annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) for their study of the treatment of brain aneurysms in the State of New York. An...

Like a lot of smart people, neurosurgeons know that it is important to keep learning. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Meeting is a week-long event where neurosurgeons from around the world get together to teach and learn from each other. Many of the doctors from the different Centers...

Dr. Neil Feldstein went to New Orleans last week to share his expertise in two sessions on Chiari I malformations at the annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons meeting. The Chiari I malformation is a congenital disorder in which the lower part of the brain is displaced into the cervical spinal...

Dr. Christopher J. Winfree of The Center for Peripheral Nerve Surgery and his colleagues describe in a paper, soon to be published in the journal Neurosurgery, how the innovative use of ultrasound can guide surgeons in the placement of a pain relieving device for a patient with intractable foot pai...

Education Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, M.D. 2007 Chemistry/Microbiology, University of Victoria, Canada, B.S. 2001 Honors/Awards: Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 2007 1st Place "Outstanding Clinical Science Poster...

Education Weill Medical College of Cornell University, M.D. 2006 Philosophy, Princeton University, B.A. 1999 Honors/Awards George G. Reader Prize in Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2006 Russek...

ducation New York University School of Medicine, M.D. 2005 Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City University of New York, B.S. 2002 Honors/Awards: Graduation with Honors, New York University School of Medicine, 2005 Summa Cum Laude, City University of New York, 2002 Professional...