


Gamma Knife Center Treats 4,500th Patient
What do the words “brain surgery” mean to you? Did you imagine an operating room with a surgeon opening the patient’s skull? There is another way to treat some brain tumors, as well as other brain malformations and even some neurological disorders: the Gamma Knife....
Columbia Doctors Present New Glioblastoma Research
Columbia neurosurgeons have completed new studies about glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor. In two separate research projects, the doctors investigated both the microscopic aspects of this aggressive disease and its “big picture”–patient outcomes...
Innovations Discussed for Treatment of Deadly Brain Tumor, Glioblastoma Multiforme
Dr. Michael B. Sisti, along with two other Columbia University faculty members, spoke about innovations in the treatment of brain tumors last Friday at an event put on by the Mind, Brain, Behavior Society (MBBS). MBBS is a newly formed group established by Alex Sisti,...
Dr. Michael Sisti’s Patient Gift Speaks Volumes
If you were lucky enough to walk into Dr. Michael Sisti’s office earlier this month, one of the first things you would have noticed was a lovely new bronze statue displayed in his window. The next thing you would probably have noticed was the huge grin on Dr....