A couple of months ago, we shared the story of Elyse Schifrien (‘Rumors Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated’), who survived a giant aneurysm with the help of her surgeon Dr. Dorothea Altschul...

Watch this terrific video of fashion designer Valentina, who survived a hereditary aneurysm with the help of Dr. Robert Solomon, Department Chair and specialist in cerebrovascular surgery. Meet Valentina, Dr. Solomon's patient

Like a Lot of kids, eleven-year-old Marco was diagnosed with scoliosis during a routine check-up with his pediatrician. A local pediatric orthopedist measured and confirmed his scoliosis. No one was worried...

Last September, in the Bergen County Special Services School District, a rumor spread that their well-loved social worker and union co-president, Elyse Schifrien, had passed away. Elyse was only 58 years old and in good health. She had been...

A year ago, we posted a story about Sara Gilbert Nadler-Goldstein, a woman with complex medical issues who had spine surgery with Dr. Paul McCormick from the Spine Center (read our story: Sometimes it Takes a Village--to Treat a Patient). Sara is singing Dr. McCormick's praises again in a...

 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...

“About a year ago, I started hearing a churning, like a whooshing noise, in my ears,” says Dan Broden. “At first I actually thought it was in my heart because the noise was in sync with my heartbeat.”...

It was Monday, October 29th and Hurricane Sandy had just started her tear across the Northeast in earnest. “I got the call on my cell phone around 12:30 in the morning,” says Dr. Alfred Ogden, neurosurgeon from our Spine Center. “The power was out but the ER doctors at St. Joseph’s...

In Nancy Sharp's new memoir Both Sides Now, she paints a vivid picture of moments she shared with her husband Brett as he received the diagnosis and then battled a life threatening brain tumor. In an excerpt from her book, posted last month on the StandUp2Cancer (SU2C) Website, she pays special...

Dr. Robert Solomon, Department Chair and Cerebrovascular Specialist, received a glowing testimonial from his patient Peter Cornelis in a video recently posted on NY Presbyterian's YouTube Channel. In the video, Mr.Cornelis tells the story of his amazing recovery from repeated strokes and a...