Columbia Neurosurgeons Named ‘NY Super Doctors’

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

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

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...
US News & World Report Gives Columbia ‘Best Hospital’ & ‘Best Neurosurgeon’ Rankings

US News & World Report Gives Columbia ‘Best Hospital’ & ‘Best Neurosurgeon’ Rankings

Every year US News and World Report comes out with a list of the Best Hospitals in the country and once again New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell has not only made the list, but the Honor Roll as well. The Honor Roll makes up only 0.4% of...
‘Meet the Doctor’ Video Series Complete!

‘Meet the Doctor’ Video Series Complete!

We are so pleased to let you know that our “Meet the Doctor” videos are all done. Here at Columbia’s Department of Neurosurgery we have twenty seven doctors and we now have a wonderful introductory video on each one of them. In these short (3 minutes...