By Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine
Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery
These are unprecedented times, and we are facing unimaginable challenges. Those on the front lines of the pandemic – the health care heroes who are saving lives every day, and losing that fight for far too many patients – are enduring unthinkable...
By Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, PhD, and Jessica Spat-Lemus, PhD
Cognitive remediation after any kind of brain injury — whether from trauma, stroke, surgery, or other event — has been shown to be valuable in helping patients regain function.
By Dr. Beverly Cheserem, BM (hons), FRCS Neurosurgery
Global Neurosurgery Fellow, Tanzania
I came across the Weill Cornell Medicine Global Health Neurosurgery Fellowship by pure chance one evening last year in London, when I typed “global neurosurgery” into a search engine. I emailed Dr. Härtl immediately, attaching my CV and asking about...
By Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D.
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
When former president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized this week to treat pressure on his brain from bleeding, it brought to light a common condition that holds a special danger for the elderly. It also brings up the topic of minimally invasive...
By Philip E. Stieg
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
The statistics on Americans with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease, are extremely sobering: The CDC has reported that the overall rate of deaths from dementia has more than doubled in less than two decades, especially among the elderly. In...
By Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D.
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
One of the most important things we’ve learned about the brain recently is that there is not necessarily a great deal of difference between disorders that are clearly organic and those we’ve thought of as psychological illnesses. Brain disorders may...
By Beth Higgins, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery
As a PA in Neurosurgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine, I typically spend my days assisting neurosurgeons in the operating room and taking care of our inpatients before and after surgery. I have been trained in CPR, having taken the...
By Eric Elowitz, MD
Vice Chairman for Quality and Patient Safety
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Spinal Surgery
I’ve dedicated my neurosurgical career to finding newer and less invasive surgical techniques for relieving back pain. Advances in minimally invasive spine surgery have been truly extraordinary over the past 20 years or so, and I’ve been gratified...
Philip Stieg, PhD, MD
Chair of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
The entire faculty and staff of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center mourn the passing of Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Paul Greengard, PhD, who died Saturday at age 93. Dr. Greengard was Vincent Astor Professor and head of the...
Dr Kenneth Perrine, PhD, ABPP-CN
Associate Professor of Neuropsychology
When a patient at the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center or Concussion Clinic meets me, it usually means they need testing or consultation about a brain injury. I specialize in neuropsychological testing – not only for patients here but...
