Under the leadership of Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Health System is an internationally recognized leader in neurosurgery and continues to make a lasting global impact on neurosurgical outcomes, research, and education. As the largest unified and integrated neurosurgery department in New York City—with services provided throughout Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island—we provide more New Yorkers with neurosurgery care than any other health system in the city.
Mount Sinai’s Department of Neurosurgery is at the forefront of the rapid transformation of clinical practice driven by stunning new advances in technology and groundbreaking research. With Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital being ranked No. 10 in the nation in the 2021-2022 “Best Hospitals” rankings of U.S. News & World Report, Mount Sinai aims to educate clinicians on the treatment of patients’ challenging conditions with the insight and expertise of its world-renowned surgeons.
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Under the leadership of Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Health System is an internationally recognized leader in neurosurgery and continues to make a lasting global impact on neurosurgical outcomes, research, and education. As the largest unified and integrated neurosurgery department in New York City—with services provided throughout Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island—we provide more New Yorkers with neurosurgery care than any other health system in the city.
Mount Sinai’s Department of Neurosurgery is at the forefront of the rapid transformation of clinical practice driven by stunning new advances in technology and groundbreaking research. With Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital being ranked No. 10 in the nation in the 2021-2022 “Best Hospitals” rankings of U.S. News & World Report, Mount Sinai aims to educate clinicians on the treatment of patients’ challenging conditions with the insight and expertise of its world-renowned surgeons.
Referring a patient is easy. Just click the “Refer a Patient Online” button.
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Disparities in Epilepsy Care: The Challenges That Exist and New Strategies That Work
A conversation with Nathalie Jetté, MD, MSc, Professor of Neurology, and Population Health Science and Policy, and the Bludhorn Professor of International Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Clinical Trials To Study Two Agents For Painful Peripheral Neuropathy In Diabetes Patients
Mount Sinai's Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD, MS, and Mary Catherine George, PhD, are the principal investigator (PI) and Co-PI, respectively, of the Early Phase Pain Investigational Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) “Platform Protocol to Assess ...
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Research led by Mount Sinai has uncovered—for the first time—that eating healthy foods is associated with greater brain integrity, as detected by MRI imaging in people diagnosed with MS within the previous five years.
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Breakthrough Tool for Assessing Nerve Fibers Is Now Available to Neuroscientists Worldwide
Neuroscientists and engineers developing novel nerve stimulation devices to improve or restore impaired organ function now have access to a powerful and long awaited tool for overcoming the technical challenges of the past.
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Microscope Technology Provides 4K and 3D Visualization Beyond the Brain’s Surface
Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Health System, discusses advances in operating room technology and how it benefits patients.
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Neurology & Neurosurgery Specialty Report 2022
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL’S departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery were top performers in both U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek rankings for 2021–2022, and in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding.
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Pediatric Cerebrovascular Program at Mount Sinai Health System
Alejandro Berenstein, MD, discusses a surgical technique called embolization and how it prevents the flow of blood.
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Study Shows How Artificial Intelligence Helped Detect Acute Neurological Cases Earlier
The first study of its kind that uses AI to identify acute neurological disease.
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Neurosurgery Innovations: Novel Technology in the OR
Neurosurgeons at the Mount Sinai Health System are using innovative imaging, simulation, and augmented realty technologies to improve patient outcomes.
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Selecting Between an Open Transforaminal Interbody Fusion or Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion
This case review details Konstantinos Margetis, MD’s thought process behind selecting fusion options for two patients with relatively similar spinal conditions.
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Mount Sinai Receives $2.9 Million To Study First-of-Its-Kind Brain Implant for Restoring Function in Paralyzed Patients
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An 85-year-old female with a high-risk vascular anatomy from diffuse fibromuscular dysplasia presents at Mount Sinai Queens with disabling neurological deficits from emergent large vessel occlusion ischemic stroke. She undergoes endovascular ...
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A 2-month-old female neonate presented to Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital for life-saving treatment of dural sinus malformation, hydrocephalus, and acute intracranial hemorrhage.
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Innovation Flourishes at Mount Sinai Through the Resources of Mount Sinai BioDesign
Mount Sinai's in-house incubator for biomedical innovation, Mount Sinai BioDesign, has two new products on the road to commercialization, underscoring its value as one of the most productive and entrepreneurial programs of its type in the nation.
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Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, shows how intraoperative visualization, with use of a 3D exoscope, 5-ALA fluorescence, neuronavigation, and diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking, helped safely resect a high-grade glioma in a 33-year-old.
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Mount Sinai Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments Ranked No. 10 in Nation
The Mount Sinai Hospital's departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery were top performers in both U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek rankings for 2021–2022, and in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding.
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The Friedman Brain Institute Report
Little progress has been made in terms of curative treatments for adult and pediatric patients with brain cancer.
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Mount Sinai Morningside: The Trauma Center Experience
An overview of the neurotrauma program at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York, NY.
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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Defining the Role of Neurointervention
The role of neurointervention in treating central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO).
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Realizing Innovation in Academia: The Origin Story of Mount Sinai BioDesign
The story of Mount Sinai BioDesign, a medical technology innovation hub at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Neurophysiology in the Operating Room
The current state of technology and application of intraoperative neuromonitoring in neurocritical care.
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Revisiting Neurocritical Care Education
Updated approaches to educating neurocritical care fellows at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Targeted Temperature Management in Neurocritical Care
Targeted temperature management for critically-ill neurologic patients.
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Neuroendovascular Embolizations to Cure Vein of Galen Malformations
View a Vein of Galen Malformation surgery on a six-day-old infant at The Mount Sinai Hospital
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Neurology & Neurosurgery Specialty Report 2021
Coronavirus and the Central Nervous System: A Published Review
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Neurosurgical Emergencies: Cases and Pearls
Overview of select neurosurgery emergency cases from Mount Sinai Morningside
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Issues in Neurocritical Care Today
This TeleRounds conference features presentations on the management of status epilepticus, multimodal neuromonitoring in the ICU, and the use of MRI for subarachnoid hemorrhages
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One physician recounts his experience being selected to answer prespecified questions posed by the FDA for a panel review on cerebral aneurysms
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Using Augmented Reality for Spine Surgery
Jeremy M. Steinberger, MD, demonstrates how augmented reality can be used for spine consultations and surgical planning,
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Neurocritical Care Pearls: An Introduction to Neuroemergencies
Neha S. Dangayach, MD, MSCR, presents an introduction to neurological emergency care for residents and trainees.
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Frank Moore, MD, addresses residents about the mental skills he has cultivated to balance the demands of neurosurgery and everyday life
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Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Regeneration and Neural Repair
A presentation from the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery Global TeleRounds.
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Keeping Patients Safe: A Message to Our Neurosurgery Patients
Experts from the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery discuss what patients should expect—and why they shouldn’t put off treatment during COVID-19
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Precision Recovery Program Monitors Patients Remotely
In this Global TeleRounds presentation, the panel describes how patients with neurological disorders can receive follow-up care remotely.
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The Department of Neurosurgery Global TeleRounds features a discussion on social media and neurosurgery.
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Large-Vessel Stroke and COVID-19 in Young Patients: New Insights
Cerebrovascular stroke specialists highlight findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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COVID-19: The Impact on Neurosurgery
A Presentation from the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery Global TeleRounds
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COVID-19: Impact on Stroke and Stroke Patients
J Mocco, MD, discusses the possible relationship between COVID-19 and stroke.
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Regional Neurosurgeons Provide Insights on Mobilizing for COVID-19
A Presentation from the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery Global TeleRounds
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Perspectives on COVID-19 from the Mount Sinai Department of Neurosurgery
Experts discuss the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and its impact on the Mount Sinai Health System.
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The First Intercontinental Grand Rounds: The Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai and COVID-19
Neurosurgeons from around the world discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their institutions.
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The Department of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds: Adaptive Measures for COVID-19
Neurosurgeons from Italy and Taiwan discuss measures taken around COVID-19
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Mount Sinai Cerebrovascular Stroke Center: A new template for stroke care
Watch the leadership of Mount Sinai Queens discuss strategies to minimize the time to treatment—as well as our new thrombectomy capabilities
