Three Columbia Neurosurgeons Learn from Famed Neurosurgeon Gazi Yasargil
Three of our neurosurgeons, Dr. Michael B. Sisti, Dr. Guy McKhann and Dr. Anthony D’Ambrosio, had the distinct privilege of taking a three-day course with the great neurosurgeon, Dr. M. Gazi Yasargil last month. Dr. Yasargil was named Neurosurgery’s Man of...
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
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...
Like Fathers Like Sons: Paul McCormick Jr. & Alexander Sisti Don the White Coat
Proud fathers Dr. Michael B. Sisti from our Brain Tumor Center and Dr. Paul McCormick from our Spine Center have welcomed their sons, Alexander and Paul respectively, into the fold. Alexander and Paul recently graduated from Columbia College and have entered the...