Our Neurosurgeons Respond to News of Brain Tumor–Gene Link Found
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. The article was based on research done at Columbia University that was originally published in the...
Retired Head of Columbia Neurosurgery Dr. Bennett Stein is Now ‘The Car Doctor’
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 80s, he is featured in an article entitled, The Car Doctor: A Retired Neurosurgeon Turns His Attention to...
Docs Down to Duke for the Pinehurst Battle
Dr. Sean Lavine, Dr. Michael Sisti, and Dr. E. Sander Connolly are back from a rather unique medical conference in North Carolina last week, The Battle at Pinehust. The meeting er… battle, officially called Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Course – Battle at...
Photos From an Amazing 80th Annual AANS Meeting
The photos are in from an outstanding week at the Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Florida. If you have been following us on Twitter you have seen what a large showing our department made at the 80th Annual event. If not, here are some...