Neurosurgeons from NYU Langone Medical Center will present techniques and discuss surgical approaches and applications of technology at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), held April 9-13, 2011 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
The Department of Neurosurgery at NYU Langone Medical Center has been recognized as one of the top ten hospitals in the country for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report for the past three years. This year, the department expanded its expertise with the addition of several well-renowned experts.
John G. Golfinos, MD, associate professor and chair, Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Medical Center will participate in a symposium on commonly used and unusual surgical approaches to lateral skull base conditions. Dr. Golfinos, and several other NYU Langone faculty, will be available for comment during and following the meeting, including:
Full presentations and research topics can be found at http://www.aans.org . You can learn more about NYU Langone Medical Center's Department of Neurosurgery at http://www.med.nyu.edu/neurosurgery/ .
About NYU Langone Medical Center
NYU Langone Medical Center, a world-class patient-centered integrated academic medical center, is one of the nation's premier centers for excellence in health care, biomedical research, and medical education. Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU Langone is comprised of three hospitals – Tisch Hospital, a 705-bed acute-care tertiary facility, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the first rehabilitation hospital in the world, with 174 beds and extensive outpatient rehabilitation programs, and the 190-bed Hospital for Joint Diseases, one of only five hospitals in the world dedicated to orthopaedics and rheumatology – plus the NYU School of Medicine, one of the nation's preeminent academic institutions. For more information visit www.NYULMC.org .