Dr. Isaacson is board certified in radiation oncology and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and is recognized for his clinical expertise in a...

We are proud to introduce the first iPad app affiliated with Columbia's Department of Neurosurgery--It's called Neurospiral. The app, which can measure tremors and hand-eye coordination...

We continued our residency cadaver lab series in late September, focusing on surgical approaches to an area of the brain known as the "skull base". The skull base is a common location of brain tumors and aneurysms, but is also...

Every year US News and World Report comes out with a list of the Best Hospitals in the country and once again New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell has not only made the list, but the Honor Roll as well. The Honor Roll makes up only 0.4% of the nearly 5,000...

Proud fathers Dr. Michael Sisti from our Brain Tumor Center and Dr. Paul McCormick from our Spine Center have welcomed their sons, Alexander and Paul respectively, into the fold...

Important new research linking Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), an aggressive form of brain tumor, with a genetic defect was just published in The Wall Street Journal. Two neurosurgeons from our Brain Tumor Center, Dr. Michael Sisti and Dr. Jeffrey Bruce, help us understand the importance of this new research...

Of all places, Dr.Bennett M. Stein, former Head of Columbia’s Neurosurgery Department, showed up in one of the April, 2012 issues of AutoWeek Magazine. Now in his 80‘s, he is featured in an article entitled, The Car Doctor: A Retired Neurosurgeon Turns His Attention to Cars. The piece is a fun...

Singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow revealed Tuesday, June 6, 2012 that she has a benign meningioma tumor in her brain...

We are happy to announce that we, once again, have a major presence on the list of Neurosurgery 'Super Doctors' in the New York Metro area.  Columbia'sDepartment of Neurosurgery has seven of the 35 neurosurgeons on the 2012 roster. Featured in the New York Times Magazine, the list of Super...

On Wednesday this week, the folks at the Gamma Knife Center tell us they treated their 3500th patient. Dr. Michael B. Sisti and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson with nurse Jeraldine Lesser saw their first...