Patient Stories
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After an emergency craniotomy and biopsy, Nicole received the news that her tumor was a Grade IV Glioblastoma. See how she's now thriving six years later.
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“I had the first pains in my head two days after my sophomore year of high school ended.” says Jennifer Hanichak Farrell. The year was 1994 and the sixteen year old Indiana cheerleader had no idea just how serious those headaches were.
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Singer/songwriter Rob Morsberger gave a special tribute to two of our neurosurgeons, Dr. McKhann and Dr. Lavine, in the liner notes of his latest CD, Ghosts Before Breakfast.
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In the spring of 2008, seventeen-year old Buffalo, NY, native Megan Mahoney, a freshman member of Marist College’s women’s crew team, was preparing for the team’s spring training trip.
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A very grateful woman, Maria Bonyhay, has posted her story of survival on the Brain Tumor Foundation website. Her surgeon was Dr. Jeffrey Bruce from the Brain Tumor Center.
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In the spring of 2013, most people knew Jan Greenfield, soon to be Dr. Sisti’s patient, as an outgoing, popular nurse at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. No one knew that he would soon be a patient there, too.
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“When your oncologist calls you on a Sunday, it’s rarely good news,” says Richard Heimler. “He’s probably not calling to ask how your weekend was.” In Richard’s case, his doctor was calling to tell him he had a brain tumor.
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“I am very lucky,” says Manuel Greco. These are not the first words you would expect from someone who suffers from Von Hippel-Landau (VHL) disease.
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When doctors told Maria Bonyhay that her fatigue, headaches, and sensitivity to light and sound were symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor, she and her husband, Istvan, refused to believe it.
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We in the Department of Neurosurgery are delighted to share a new honorific recently bestowed on Dr. Feldstein: Captain America.
