Neurological Surgery
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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Weill Cornell medical student Andrew Yang

Medical Student Awarded Medical Student Fellowship in Socioeconomic Research

September 11, 2024

Congratulations to third-year medical student Andrew Yang, whose research has been awarded a 2024 grant from the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS)/CNS Foundation. The CSNS Medical Student Fellowship in Socioeconomic Research is awarded to a medical student conducting research on a socioeconomic issue impacting neurosurgical practice. Andrew is conducting research into disparities in industry funding for neurosurgeons; he will present his findings at the CSNS spring annual...

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