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NY1 feature: Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Dr. Carl Bazil and Dr. Larry Hirsch
For Many, Epilepsy Remains A Hidden Disorder
By: Kafi Drexel

Dr. Oliver Sacks, Alzheimer's & The Power of Music

» To read the transcript of Alzheimer's & The Power of Music, please click here.

A brain-bank tour by Jean-Paul Vonsattel, MD. Director of the N.Y. Brain Bank, TAUB Institute at Columbia University.

» To read the transcript of Inside the Brain Bank, please click here.

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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Scientific Symposium and Gala Dinner

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Symposium and Luncheon:
8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Open to All Audience

P&S Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street
First Floor
New York City

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Reception and Dinner Gala
7:00 P.M. Cocktails
8:00 P.M. Dinner

Black Tie Preferred

583 Park
583 Park Avenue
New York City, New York City

Dr. Scarmeas interviewed for The New York Times article, Prevention: Diet and Exercise Lower Alzheimer’s Risk (by Roni Caryn Rabin).

» read the article
» read about the JAMA study on Physical Activity, Diet, and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NARRATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM PRESENTS DR. OLIVER SACKS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 5 P.M.

Columbia University's Narrative Medicine program will present a talk by renowned neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. at the Hammer Health Sciences Center/Long Library, Room 401, 701 W. 168th Street (Corner of 168th & Fort Washington Ave.).

Sacks, author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, A Leg to Stand On and Musicophilia, will give the final in the 2008-2009 lecture series “Narrative Medicine Rounds.” Dubbed the “poet laureate of medicine” by The New York Times, Dr. Sacks will speak on the topic of his next book: hallucinations and the life of the visual brain.

This event is free and open to the public. No reservations are necessary. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For information about the program in Narrative Medicine, go to www.narrativemedicine.org.

Drs. Mayeux and Small are featured in the HBO documentary Alzheimer's Project.

You may view these films for free on HBO.com
Premiers May 10-12.
For more information, please click here.

Dr. Hirsch: Epilepsy may be helped by device (NBC)

Dr. Mayer discusses traumatic brain injury (CNN)

Dr. Randolph Marshall on Stroke Rehabilitation
Living With: Stroke (The New York Times Video)

Dr. Bazil talks about yoga and power naps (New York 1)

Dr. Bazil talks about genes and epilepsy (New York 1)

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