Philip E. Stieg Ph.D., M.D.

About

Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D., is the Neurosurgeon-in-Chief of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and host of the podcast This Is Your Brain.

Recent Posts

Why We Should Teach Police to Think Like Brain Surgeons

Understanding the brain’s primal response to stress may help prevent deadly police–civilian encounters and help first responders to act more like…neurosurgeons.

How Does an Airborne Virus Get Into the Brain?

Long-haul Covid symptoms are devastating to patients who just can’t shake the after-effects of the infection – even when the illness itself was mild.

How Gabby Giffords Used Music to Regain Her Speech

Song lyrics involve different parts of the brain than spoken words. Here's how a remarkable music therapist harnessed different areas of the brain to get her famous patient talking.

The (Miami) Dolphin and the Coronavirus

What does a retired NFL player with dementia have in common with the 130,000 Americans who have died so far from the novel coronavirus?

2020 Is Making Us Old Before Our Time

The nonstop stress of the past few months are doing damage to our brains—and mimicking the characteristics of aging.