EVENTS
Location: Online
**Date Change from July 24th to September 4, 2025**
Time: 7:30PM ET
Expert Speaker: Dr. Richard Anderson, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor – Department of Neurological Surgery
Topic: Abnormal Craniocervical motion in children with Chiari malformation: what do experts agree on?
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Dr. Richard C. E. Anderson received his undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude as the top student in his class. He then earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, graduating in the top 5% of the class. After completing his residency and chief residency in neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Anderson spent a year at the University of Utah-Primary Children’s Medical Center receiving advanced fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery. After spending over twenty years in the Department of Neurosurgery at Columbia University, he is currently a Clinical Professor at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Goryeb Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s University Children’s Hospital and The Valley Hospital.
Dedicated exclusively to the care of children, Dr. Anderson specializes in the surgical treatment of pediatric brain and spinal tumors, complex spinal disorders (including tethered spinal cords, scoliosis, and instability), spasticity, Chiari I malformation, craniosynostosis, vascular disorders (including arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and moyamoya disease), hydrocephalus, and general pediatric neurosurgery.
Dr. Anderson’s clinical research efforts focus on organizing multicenter studies and patient registries to investigate and improve the clinical outcomes of children with spinal disorders. He has published over 150 neurosurgical papers and book chapters for the Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Clinical Immunology, Journal of Immunology, PloSOne, BMC Cancer, and others. He participates actively in organized pediatric neurosurgery efforts and is currently Chair of the AANS/CNS Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, President of the Society of University Neurosurgeons, and Treasurer of the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Dr. Anderson also serves as a Director of the American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery and a board member of the Pediatric Spine Foundation.
Dr. Anderson has been interviewed and featured in US News and World Report, 201 Magazine, New York Magazine, Wikipedia, and The Bergen Record as well as on television networks including ABC and NY1. He has received over one hundred invitations to lecture and teach courses at domestic and international academic institutions and conferences. Donating time and expertise to those in need has sent him across the country and the world, including Italy, Spain, Brazil, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, Tanzania, Morocco, South Africa, Japan, and China. Dr. Anderson is consistently named one of America’s Top Doctors, America’s Top Surgeons, Top Doctors in New Jersey, Top Doctors New York Metro area, Top Doctors in New York Magazine, and annually receives the Patient’s Choice Award.
