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This week’s issue of New York magazine features the annual listing of “Best Doctors in New York,” and the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center is once again proud to have eight members of our team included on the list. This prestigious roster includes Dr. Philip E. Stieg, chairman of the department of neurosurgery and neurosurgeon-in-chief; Dr. Mark Souweidane, vice chair of the department and director of pediatric neurosurgery; Dr. Y. Pierre Gobin, director of interventional neuroradiology; Dr. Roger Härtl, chief of spinal surgery; Dr. Theodore Schwartz, specialist in endoscopic skull base and minimally invasive epilepsy surgery; and Drs. Mark Bilsky, Philip Gutin, and Viviane Tabar, neurosurgeons at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who are affiliated members of our faculty.

The “Best Doctors” issue of New York includes 1,300 of the tristate area’s top primary doctors and specialists, a list culled from the larger list of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area published by Castle Connolly in April. The clinical faculty of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center make several appearances on that and other Castle Connolly lists:

  1. Dr. Philip Stieg is one of the Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York in Neurological Surgery and is also featured in America’s Top Doctors 2016, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer 2016, and Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guides.
  2. Dr. Y. Pierre Gobin is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in New York in Neuroradiology, and is also featured in Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guide.
  3. Dr. Roger Härtl is one of the Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York in Neurological Surgery and is also featured in America’s Top Doctors 2016 and Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guides.
  4. Dr. Theodore Schwartz is one of the Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York in Neurological Surgery and is also featured in America’s Top Doctors 2016, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer 2016, and Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guides.
  5. Dr. Eric Elowitz has been named one of the Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York in Neurological Surgery and is also featured in the Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guide.
  6. Dr. Mark Souweidane has been recognized as one of our Castle Connolly Top Doctors in New York in Neurological Surgery, and he is also featured in America’s Top Doctors 2016, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer 2016, and Top Doctors New York Metro Area 2016 guides.