Neurological Surgery
Nalini Tata, , MPP

Nalini Tata Selected As White House Fellow

October 9, 2024

Nalini Tata, MD, MPP, a fourth-year resident in neurological surgery, has been selected as a member of the 2024-2025 class of White House Fellows. This highly competitive, non-partisan program brings together accomplished young professionals from business, government, academia, non-profits, medicine, and the armed forces to work with top-ranking Administration officials in preparation for...

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Dr. Umberto Tosi Presents Award-Winning Abstract at CNS 2024

Dr. Tosi Presents Award-Winning Abstract at CNS 2024

October 4, 2024

Fifth-year neurosurgical resident Umberto Tosi, MD, has been honored by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons with the KLS Martin Tumor Award for his abstract entitled “Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody-Mediated Inhibition of NOTCH Pathway Prolongs Survival In High Grade Glioma Models.” Dr. Tosi presented his work last week at the annual meeting of the CNS in Houston.

The KLS Martin Tumor Award is presented each year for outstanding research on brain tumors...

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James Niemeyer, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine Epilepsy Laboratory

Dr. Niemeyer Wins Young Investigator Award

September 30, 2024

James Niemeyer, PhD, an instructor in neurological surgery and a researcher in Dr. Theodore Schwartz’s epilepsy laboratory, has been honored with a 2024 Young Investigator Award from the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Niemeyer won for his project titled “Mesoscale excitatory and inhibitory mapping of node recruitment in focal neocortical epilepsy.”

The American Epilepsy Society and the Scientific Program Committee selected 20 early career researchers from a pool of...

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