Among the many presenters and attendees at the 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) was our own Dr. Christopher J. Winfree, neurosurgeon and specialist in the management of pain and peripheral nerve disorders. Dr. Winfree arrived in New...

The 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is in New Orleans this year and as usual, a large contingency from the Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery is in attendance.  Most of our neurosurgeons are...

Last month, Dr. Christopher Winfree from the Peripheral Nerve Center held a cadaver dissection course here at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons.  The lab concentrated on the peripheral nervous system and was open to neurosurgery residents and medical students rotating through the...

Dr. Christopher Winfree from the Peripheral Nerve and Pain Centers spent a very busy few days at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). As current Chair of the combined AANS/CNS Pain Section, he had the opportunity to meet with his colleagues face to face and...

Once again, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) is set to convene for their annual meeting. The five day conference, entitled Our Future is Now, will be held in Chicago, Illinois from October 6-10, 2012 and a large group of physicians from our department will be in attendance. We all...

Hearty congratulations to Dr. Christopher Winfree and family. His daughter Erica Wei Winfree was born on 8/23/2012. Dr. Winfree tells us all is well and Erica is pretty cute too.

We are pleased to present Dr. Christopher Winfree on video. Dr. Winfree specializes in the surgical management of peripheral nerve disorders and chronic pain. Learn more about this video series and see our first one here: Meet Dr. Michael Sisti On Video

In May, Dr. Christopher Winfree from the Pain Center and Peripheral Nerve Center presented at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' 81st Annual Scientific Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The week-long, international meeting convened on May 6, 2012.   Dr. Winfree lectured on four...

Dr. Christopher Winfree from the Pain and Peripheral Nerve Centers was busy in his home state of Florida at the recent Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He is the Chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Pain and as such served as a moderator for that...

Two things can be said of neurosurgeon Christopher Winfree; he is focused, and he hates the word "no". “I know what I want and I am going to do it,” he says, “ I just systematically take steps to make it happen.” “As a kid,” Winfree says, “ I made a long list of things I wanted to do in my life and I have systematically gone through it.” These things included becoming a doctor and running a marathon. “I've checked all kinds of (things) off my life list,” says Dr. Winfree.