Next month's issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America focuses on Management of Brain Metastases and New Jersey affiliate, Dr. Anthony L. D'Ambrosio is one of two guest editors. He also co-authored the preface and two articles in this issue:  With Dr. Steven Isaacson from the Gamma...

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...

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...

Dr. Robert Goodman from our Epilepsy Center was part of a multi-center trial on the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as an alternative to open brain surgery to help Epileptics get rid of their seizures. Results from this trial have been published this year in the February issue of  Annals of Neurol...

At the Gamma Knife Center they like to be thorough. Before they perform radiosurgery on someone's brain they do exhaustive tests to locate the problem. One of the problems they treat is called Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, AVM for short. An AVM happens when small blood vessels in the brain form a tangled mass. This mass can cause brain cells to die, it can start bleeding, and it often causes headaches and sometimes seizures.

When surgery on or near the spinal cord is required, Columbia Presbyterian Neurosurgery surgeons at the spine center make the procedure as safe and effective as possible. Using the most advanced technologies, our surgeons provide exquisitely careful neurophysiological monitoring of spinal function...

Dr. Ogden received a BS in biology from Yale University in 1993 and MD from Columbia University in 2000. Prior to medical school, he pursued basic research in developmental biology at New York University. He completed an internship in General Surgery in 2001 and residency in Neurological Surgery at...

Dr. D'Ambrosio earned his medical doctorate from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha.  He completed his Neurological Surgery Internship, Residency and Chief Residency at the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University.  In addition, he...

Dr. Sisti specializes in the treatment of complex brain tumors, meningiomas, and acoustic neuromas employing state of the art computer guided microneurosurgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Dr. Sisti's core belief is that by dedicating himself both to the best in medical technology and to the...

Dr. Isaacson is board certified in both Radiation Oncology and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is recognized for his clinical expertise in all applications of ionizing radiation for the treatment of benign and malignant brain, spine, and skull base tumors. He has a special interest in...