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...

Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Essentials for Patients and Practitioners

Addressing both the patient’s perspective and the neurosurgeon’s concerns, Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: Essentials for Patients and Practitioners, edited by Drs. Philip E. Stieg, Alexander A. Khalessi, and Michael L. J. Apuzzo, starts with an up-to-date approach to the matter of doctor-patient communication and moves on to the highly technical details of iAVM treatment options. The first section covers communication with patients (who may well want to read it themselves...