Published Articles
Snowboarder Danny Davis Out of the Olympics, Spine Center Tells us What can be done for a Broken Vertebra
Snowboarder and Olympic hopeful Danny Davis was recently released from a Utah hospital after surgery to fix a broken vertebra. According to the New York Times, he would have been one of four members of the US halfpipe team. But that dream ended after he crashed an...
New Fossil “Ardi” Reminds Us to ‘Sit Up Straight’ and ‘Walk Tall’
"Ardi" (short for Ardipithecus ramidus) is a fossil of one of our earliest pre-human ancestors. Most likely female, she lived 4.4 million years ago. Over the last several years a team of researchers has studied her remains and finally presented their findings to the...
What are They, a Bunch of Neurosurgeons? Yes, and They’ve Got the Papers to Prove it
Like a lot of smart people, neurosurgeons know that it is important to keep learning. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Meeting is a week-long event where neurosurgeons from around the world get together to teach and learn from each other. Many of the doctors from the different Centers at the Department of Neurosurgery attended […]
Press Release: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Gains Ground at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Advanced Techniques Benefit Patients With Spinal Conditions From Back Pain and Stenosis to Spinal Deformity and Spinal Cancer NEW YORK (Nov, 2009) Minimally invasive techniques have become standard for many procedures, from the removal of the gallbladder to angioplasty, but the approach is now only beginning to be available to patients with spinal conditions. The […]
Cheney Had What? Kind of Surgery
Last month former vice president Dick Cheney went in for elective back surgery. According to Reuters, the surgery was elective and for a condition called spinal stenosis. This is a commonly treated problem at the Spine Center. So, for those of you who have no idea...
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