Neurological Surgery
Dr. Hussain

Weill Cornell Medicine Surgeons Perform East Coast's First Soft-Tissue Robotic Spine Tumor Surgeries

July 20, 2026

Neurosurgeons at Weill Cornell Medicine and Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian performed the East Coast's first robotic spine tumor surgeries using a fundamentally new category of surgical robot, including the world's first use of the technology on a cervical spine tumor and metastatic spinal tumor. 

Roger Härtl, MD, Hansen-MacDonald Professor of...

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Dr. Knopman and Stephen Cavallo

Weill Cornell Medicine Performs First Carotid Filter Implantation in New York as Part of INTERCEPT Trial

June 8, 2026

Weill Cornell Medicine's Department of Neurological Surgery, in collaboration with the Department of Neurology, has completed the first implantation of a carotid filter in New York State as part of the INTERCEPT trial — a multi-center, international, randomized study evaluating a novel approach to stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation.

About the INTERCEPT Trial...

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Greenfield

Neurosurgeon Reaches Rare Milestone: 1,000 Chiari Malformation Surgeries

February 3, 2026

Weill Cornell Medicine expert's experience transforms understanding of complex brain condition 

Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, a...

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