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!...

More than 90 members of our staff attended our Holiday party this year at Dylan Prime restaurant in New York City. Everyone enjoyed the

Dr. Michael Sisti from the Gamma Knife Center and Brain Tumor Center has received two 2011 Top Doctor Awards; One from US News and World Report and another from Castle Connolly...

Research is a large part of our mission here at the Department of Neurological Surgery. This is founded on a tradition that goes back to the early days of the Neurological Institute, a hundred years ago. A number of our neurosurgeons carry on this important work today. Their research is largely...

We are pleased to add two more of our doctors to the list of New York Super Doctors; Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson from the Gamma Knife Center. Back in June we reported that we had the Most Neurosurgery 'Super Docs' Of Any NY Hospital...

Dr. Michael Sisti just signed on to sponsor a new outreach program called Patient & Family Coffee Break. The program is held once a month for our neurosurgical patients and their families to get together with hospital staff in a comfortable and informal setting...

Research is a large part of our mission here at the Department of Neurological Surgery. This is founded on a tradition that goes back to the early days of the Neurological Institute, a hundred years ago. A number of our neurosurgeons carry on this important work today. Their research is largely...

we have begun putting together mini documentaries on each of our doctors. In these short (3 minutes or so) videos you can see and hear them talk about what they do. We think...

Our doctors recently returned from Europe where they attended the 45th annual meeting of the Society of University Neurosurgeons (SUN). The three part conference was held this year in Athens, Greece and two locations in Turkey;Istanbul and Izmir. Dr. E. Sander Connolly from...

Dr. Michael Sisti will tell you it was his destiny, to not only be a neurosurgeon, but to be one here at the Neurological Institute. ”It was a combination of family and geography,” He says.  That, a chain smoking scout leader and a bunch of laboratory cats. “My family is very traditional...