Brain Tumor Study Confirms: Experienced Surgeons are Safer Surgeons

Brain Tumor Study Confirms: Experienced Surgeons are Safer Surgeons

by | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Brain Tumors, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Epilepsy Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Movement Disorders Blog, Neurosurgeons, Uncategorized

A study published this month in the Journal of Neurosurgery has some good news for our patients. The study examined complication rates after brain tumor surgery. The results are starkly in our favor. The study found far fewer complications for hospitals and doctors...
Dr. Anthony D’Ambrosio Trains Residents in Approaches to the Skull Base

Dr. Anthony D’Ambrosio Trains Residents in Approaches to the Skull Base

by | Oct 30, 2012 | Aneurysms, Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Cerebrovascular Blog, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Education, Gamma Knife Blog, Neurosurgeons, Skull Base Tumors, Uncategorized

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...
‘Meet the Doctor’ Video Series Complete!

‘Meet the Doctor’ Video Series Complete!

by | Aug 17, 2012 | Brain Tumor Blog, Cerebrovascular Blog, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular Blog, Epilepsy Blog, Featured, Gamma Knife Blog, Movement Disorders Blog, Neurosurgeons, Pain Center Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog, Peripheral Nerve Blog, Spine Hospital Blog, Uncategorized

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...
2011 Holiday Party Pics are In

2011 Holiday Party Pics are In

by | Dec 21, 2011 | Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Cerebrovascular Blog, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular Blog, Epilepsy Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Movement Disorders Blog, Pain Center Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog, Peripheral Nerve Blog, Spine Hospital Blog, Uncategorized

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...