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

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

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Blog, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumor Blog, Dr. Sisti, Gamma Knife, Gamma Knife Blog, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog, Uncategorized

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,...
Columbia Neurosurgery Well Represented in NY Magazine’s 2013 ‘Best Doctors’ Issue

Columbia Neurosurgery Well Represented in NY Magazine’s 2013 ‘Best Doctors’ Issue

by | Jul 4, 2013 | Areas of Expertise, Award, Blog, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumor Featured, Brain Tumors, Centers, Cerebrovascular, Cerebrovascular, Cerebrovascular Featured, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular, Endovascular Featured, Gamma Knife, Gamma Knife Featured, Neuro-Oncology, Neurosurgeons, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery Featured, Pediatrics, Skull Base Tumors, Spine, Spine Hospital, Spine Hospital Featured, Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Every year, for the last sixteen years, New York Magazine has come out with a ‘Best Doctors’ issue and once again, the Department of Neurosurgery at Columbia University Medical Center/NY Presbyterian Hospital has a terrific showing within their list of...
US News & World Report Gives Columbia ‘Best Hospital’ & ‘Best Neurosurgeon’ Rankings

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

by | Aug 24, 2012 | Award, Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Cerebrovascular Blog, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Dr. Solomon, Epilepsy Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Movement Disorders Blog, Neurosurgeons, Pediatric Neurosurgery Blog, Spine Hospital Blog, Uncategorized

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!

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...
Columbia Neurosurgery has Seven 2012 ‘Super Docs’

Columbia Neurosurgery has Seven 2012 ‘Super Docs’

by | Jun 5, 2012 | Award, Brain Tumor News, Cerebrovascular News, Doctors, Dr. Sisti, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular News, Gamma Knife News, Neurosurgeons, News, Pediatric Neurosurgery News, Spine Hospital News, Uncategorized

We are happy to announce that we, once again, have a major presence on the list of Neurosurgery ‘Super Doctors’ in the New York Metro area.  Columbia’sDepartment of Neurosurgery has seven of the 35 neurosurgeons on the 2012 roster. Featured in the...