Dr. Matthew Fink

Stroke patients received clot-busting medication more quickly,and had better recoveries, when treated by an ambulance-basedmobile stroke unit (MSU) compared with standard emergency room (EMS) care.

Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City with full force, Dr. Daniel MacGowan, a neurologist specializing in neuromuscular disease, was asked to consult in a COVID recovery ward.

Investigators on the forefront of research into neurodegenerative disorders shared some of their latest discoveries and possible implications for treatment at the eighth annual Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium, held remotely on Oct. 14.

More than 50 doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from Cayuga Health in Ithaca have joined their Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center counterparts to care for New Yorkers diagnosed with COVID-19.

World experts in neurodegenerative diseases gathered at Weill Cornell Medicine Sept. 25 for the sixth annual Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute Symposium, sponsored by the Appel Institute and its home department, the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute. Every year, the symposium highlights the latest discoveries in the field, as researchers work their way toward a cure.

NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), is expanding its fleet of Mobile Stroke Treatment Units (MSTU) to Queens and Brooklyn. 

Advances in scientific innovation are leading to powerful discoveries about Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative diseases, sparking hope for the development of new treatment and therapies for the conditions.

With a state-of-the-art mobile unit and pioneering research, Weill Cornell Medicine is at the vanguard of treating stroke patients — for whom ‘time is brain’

When Roy Pizzarello suddenly had a stroke, he was fortunate to get to the hospital quickly. For stroke patients, such early intervention is vital.