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NY Spine Surgeon Paul McCormick Named a ‘Top Doctor’ Again
Dr. Paul McCormick, Director of The Spine Hospital at The Neurological Institute of New York, has been named a “Top Doctor” once again. He is recognized in three of the latest medical guidebooks: the 2015 Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. This level of recognition is not new […]
Dr. McCormick on Bone Morphogenic Protein and Cancer Risk
When a risk associated with a particular treatment is rare, it can be difficult to evaluate. Without an impractically large number of patients in a study, the risk won’t show up frequently enough for researchers to collect data on it. This is the case with the use of Bone Morphogenic Protein in spinal fusion surgeries. Bone Morphogenic […]
Past, Present & Future: Columbia & American Board of Neurological Surgery
The ABNS is the group that creates and oversees all the certification tests for neurosurgeons. And 2015 is a big year–it marks the group’s 75th anniversary.
Columbia neurosurgeons Dr. Jeffrey Bruce and Dr. E. Sander Connolly, Jr. are honored to be two of the 14 directors of the ABNS this year.