H. Allison Bender, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine

H. Allison Bender, PhD, director of neuropsychological services at Weill Cornell Medicine Neurological Surgery, was an invited speaker at two separate symposia at the 52nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in New York. The theme of this year’s meeting was Culture and Connectivity: Neuropsychology Without Borders, which aligns with Dr. Bender’s commitment to health care equity.

Dr. Bender presented an abstract, “Addressing...

Dr. Jared Knopman Presents EMBOLISE Results at Stroke Conference

Jared Knopman, MD, Director of Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventional Neuroradiology, last week presented results of the EMBOLISE trial at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.  Dr. Knopman has been pioneering the use of endovascular treatment of subdural hematomas for nearly a decade, and he was the national Co-PI for the EMBOLISE trial. His ISC presentation...

Michelle Buontempo, Rita Nguyen, and Caitilin Hoffman at 2023 Peds Section

The pediatric neurosurgery team of Weill Cornell had an impressive showing last week at the 2023 meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery. The annual meeting of the joint section is the largest meeting in the United States focused on pediatric neurosurgery and is attended by more than 500 professionals from around the world. This year’s meeting, held in Oklahoma City, included two presentations and a poster from the craniofacial program of our pediatric...