Looking for a Neurosurgeon? Ask About Specialization

Looking for a Neurosurgeon? Ask About Specialization

Patients fare better when their surgeons are specialized. So says a new study published in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) and picked up by The Wall Street Journal. We couldn’t agree more! In fact, the neurosurgeons at Columbia University Medical...
Specialization Matters Whether it’s Time to Fix your Ferrari 458 Italia or your Brain

Specialization Matters Whether it’s Time to Fix your Ferrari 458 Italia or your Brain

Consider the Ferrari 458 Italia. Its V8 engine offers 125 horsepower for every one of its 4.5 liters. It’s more than a car – it’s a feat of engineering. Imagine you are one of the few tosis own this, or any, Ferrari (or maybe you don’t have to imagine – lucky you). Do...
Columbia Neurosurgery Well Represented in NY Magazine’s 2013 ‘Best Doctors’ Issue

Columbia Neurosurgery Well Represented in NY Magazine’s 2013 ‘Best Doctors’ Issue

Every year, for the last sixteen years, New York Magazine has come out with a ‘Best Doctors’ issue and once again, the Department of Neurosurgery at Columbia University Medical Center/NY Presbyterian Hospital has a terrific showing within their list of...
Introducing NeuroSpiral for the iPad

Introducing NeuroSpiral for the iPad

We are proud to introduce the first iPad app affiliated with Columbia’s Department of Neurosurgery–Neurospiral. The app, which can measure tremors and hand-eye coordination, was created by Jonathan Sisti, the son of Brain Tumor specialist Dr. Michael B....
Columbia Neurosurgery has Six of New York Magazine’s ‘Best Doctors’

Columbia Neurosurgery has Six of New York Magazine’s ‘Best Doctors’

New York Magazine’s 2012 Best Doctors List is out and we are proud to say that six of our doctors are on that list. In the specialty of Neurological Surgery, 25 physicians are listed and five of them are a part of Columbia’s Department of Neurological...
They Walk in the Shoes of Giants and Even Sit in Their Chairs

They Walk in the Shoes of Giants and Even Sit in Their Chairs

Research is a large part of our mission here at the Department of Neurological Surgery. This is founded on a tradition that goes back to the early days of the Neurological Institute, a hundred years ago. A number of our neurosurgeons carry on this important work...