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,...
Our Neurosurgeons Lead the Way at 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting

Our Neurosurgeons Lead the Way at 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting

For five days, several neurosurgeons from Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will experience a new set of big-city lights and sounds. They will gather in Chicago with many of the brightest minds from across the United States and around...
Docs Attend 2014 CNS Conference in Boston

Docs Attend 2014 CNS Conference in Boston

Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2014 October means that Fall is in the air… and that the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) has once again held its annual meeting. The CNS calls itself the global leader in neurosurgical education, and for good reason. Its...