Docs Go to Spain for 2013 ‘Society of University Neurosurgeons’ Conference
“It’s great to see how neurosurgery is performed in other countries and to maintain relationships with doctors from all over the world,” says Columbia Neurosurgery Department Chair Dr. Robert Solomon of a recent trip he and his cohorts took to...
Columbia Neurosurgeons Named ‘NY Super Doctors’
In a recent New York Times magazine, the 2013 “New York Super Doctors” were announced based on research conducted by Key Professional Media, Inc.. The following surgeons from Columbia University Medical Center’s Department of Neurosurgery made the...
Gamma Knife Center Sees 3700th Patient as Treatment Increases Worldwide
Dr. Michael B. Sisti and Dr. Steven R. Isaacson with Registered Nurse Jerry Lesser saw their first patients at the Gamma Knife Center when it opened in 1998 and they have been going strong ever since; they just announced that they treated their 3700th patient. ...
Dr. Anthony D’Ambrosio Trains Residents in Approaches to the Skull Base
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 a region of the brain which...