Philip Stieg MD, PhD

Philip Stieg, PhD, MD, is the Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He has developed an international reputation in the area of cerebrovascular disorders and skull base surgery and is considered one of the top neurosurgeons in the world for aneurysms, AVMs, carotid occlusion, and other cerebrovascular conditions.

Dr. Stieg received his B.S. degree in 1974 from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, his Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neuroscience from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1980, and his M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1983. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and a fellowship in cell transplantation for restorative neurological function at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

Dr. Stieg has been active in many international courses and has been broadly published. He has contributed to groups such as the Joint Sections of Cerebrovascular Surgery of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AANS/CNS), where he now assists in the capacity of past chair. In addition, he is the past President of the Society of University Neurosurgeons.

Dr. Stieg is the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including the 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the American Heart Association/Stroke Association's 2018 National Stroke Hero, and the Maurice Greenberg Award (the highest honor at Weill Cornell Medicine). He has earned citations in "Who's Who in Health and Medical Services" and "The Best Doctors in America." He is also the host of the weekly podcast This Is Your Brain With Dr. Phil Stieg, which provides fascinating conversations with medical experts and patients about the wonders of the brain. Before joining the Weill Cornell Medicine Physician Organization, Dr. Stieg was the Associate Chief in Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.