Take this quiz to find out. 1. Would your mother tell you to sit up straight if she saw you working on your laptop? 2. Do you communicate with your friends from your laptop more than in real life? 3. Do your neck and shoulders ache? 4. Do you find time disappears when you are on your...

"Ardi" (short for Ardipithecus ramidus) is a fossil of one of our earliest pre-human ancestors. Most likely female, she lived 4.4 million years ago. Over the last several years a team of researchers has studied her remains and finally presented their findings to the world via Science Magazine...

The patient, “Harry”, was a 77 year old Korean War Veteran who suffered from both pain and numbness on the top and bottom of both his feet. This was caused by nerve damage he had gotten from multiple episodes of frostbite during the war. He had been treated unsuccessfully using physical therapy and a number of pain relieving drugs including ones specifically used for nerve pain.

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...

The Los Angeles Dodgers reported that their pitcher Hiroki Kuroda is back on the roster after being benched for a neck injury. A couple of months ago he was running in the outfield when he was struck down by what Kuroda called “pain I’ve never felt before.” He was taken out of the game and...

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...

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...

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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...