Awards and Honors

Dr. Schwarz in the operating room with Dr.Larsen

Dr. Justin Schwarz Wins Stieg Award for Resident Education

June 15, 2022

Dr. Justin Schwarz has been named winner of the 2022 Philip E. Stieg Faculty Teaching Award for Dedication and Excellence in Resident Education. The award, established in 2004, is presented annually at the neurosurgery residency graduation dinner to recognize an educator who has achieved distinction in the training of our residents. The winner is selected by the residents themselves as a show of appreciation for the efforts of a particularly dedicated teacher...

Dr. Härtl Named AANS Humanitarian of the Year

May 3, 2022

At the 2022 AANS meeting in Philadelphia, Dr. Roger Härtl was named Humanitarian of the Year for his work on global neurosurgery.

In awarding Dr. Härtl this honor, the AANS said:
“In addition to his great work in Tanzania, Dr. Härtl has led for the past 20 years an annual neurosurgery and spine training program for Eastern European surgeons in Salzburg, Austria, in conjunction with Cornell University and the American Austrian Foundation. Furthermore,...

#1 in Neurosurgery in the World (Yes, the World!)

September 29, 2021

Newsweek magazine has released its 2022 rankings of hospitals worldwide in 10 specialties, and the neurosurgery service at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian was ranked #1. More than 40,000 medical experts were asked to choose the top hospitals in the world for 10 specialties, and the combined neurosurgery service at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University emerged at the very top of the global list.

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