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Researchers Determine New Accomplice in Brain Tumors—and Catch Our Neurosurgeons’ Attention

Researchers Determine New Accomplice in Brain Tumors—and Catch Our Neurosurgeons’ Attention

Scientists are excited because in a recent study they found a brain tumor growing in a new way. Altered—or mutated—genes cause brain tumors, and scientists have a growing list of these genes. When a tumor occurs, they analyze the tumor to find those defective genes,...
Docs Go to Spain for 2013 ‘Society of University Neurosurgeons’ Conference

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...
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...
Photos From an Amazing 80th Annual AANS Meeting

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...
2011 Holiday Party Pics are In

2011 Holiday Party Pics are In

More than 90 members of our staff attended our Holiday party this year at  Dylan Prime restaurant in New York City. Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax in good company and to celebrate all the years’ achievements. Our webmaster Greta Perovic did a...