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Jeffrey H. Wisoff, M.D. is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the New York University Medical Center. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Union College and received his medical degree, with honors, from George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Wisoff completed his neurosurgical residency at NYU under Joseph Ransohoff, M.D., followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery under Fred J. Epstein, M.D.
Dr. Wisoff was a founding member of the NYU Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery in 1985 and assumed its Directorship in 1996. During the past 20 years, he has made major innovative contributions to the surgical treatment of neurological disorders in children, in particular to the treatment of brain tumors, Chiari malformations, hydrocephalus and craniosynostosis. He has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters, and has been an invited speaker and visiting professor at numerous international sites, including Israel, Poland, Brazil, Argentina, and Japan. Dr. Wisoff has served as co-chair of the Children's Oncology Group Neurosurgery Committee and is chair-elect of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Section on Pediatric Neurosurgery.
Howard L. Weiner, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Weiner joined the Division in 1997. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. Dr. Weiner earned his medical degree, with honors, from Cornell University School of Medicine. He completed his neurosurgical training at NYU under Dr. Patrick Kelly, Chairman, and then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery at NYU.
Dr. Weiner received the 1996 Van Wagenen Fellowship from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the 'Rhodes Scholarship' of neurosurgery, to spend 6 months in the laboratory of Professor Nicole Le Douarin, in Paris, studying the biology of brain development. In collaboration with the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Dr. Weiner has had an extensive experience with the surgical treatment of medically refractory pediatric epilepsy. He has an NIH funded laboratory that is investigating brain development, molecular signaling pathways in pediatric brain tumors, and Tuberous Sclerosis. He has over 60 publications to date.
David H. Harter, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Harter joined the Division in 2005. He was previously the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Harter's neurosurgery residency training was at the University of Maryland, under the mentorship of Howard Eisenberg, M.D.
Following residency, Dr. Harter completed his Pediatric Neurosurgery fellowship at Children's Memorial Hospital-Northwestern University, an internationally recognized center of excellence for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors and spina bifida, under David McLone, M.D. and Tadanori Tomita, M.D. Dr. Harter's clinical and research focus includes endoscopic management of brain tumors and hydrocephalus, congenital spinal disorders and pediatric vascular malformations, such as cavernous and arteriovenous malformations.
