About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Neurological Surgery
- Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Expertise
- Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
- Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
- Craniofacial Anomaly
- Craniosynostosis
- Hydrocephalus In Newborn
- Epilepsy
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Chiari Malformation
- Intracranial Arachnoid Cyst
- Medulloblastoma
- Cyst, Arachnoid
- Medulloblastoma, Childhood
- Pediatric Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydrocephalus, Congenital
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Repair of Chiari Malformation
- Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Moyamoya
- Moyamoya Disease
- Spinal Dysraphism
- AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
- Brain Trauma
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Pediatric Stroke
- Pediatric Hydrocephalus
- Brain Surgery
- Craniofacial Disorders
Biography
Dr. Hoffman is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in pediatric neurosurgery as well as in adult and pediatric epilepsy surgery. She has completed fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery with a focus on surgical epilepsy, and has performed extensive research on the molecular mechanisms of progression of brain tumors, specifically medulloblastoma. Her clinical research includes venous anomalies in craniosynostosis, early surgical treatment for Rasmussen’s encephalitis, minimally invasive methods of treating hydrocephalus and intracranial cysts, and the characteristics and safety of invasive monitoring for pediatric neurovascular disorders such as AVM.
Dr. Hoffman sees patients at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist, and performs surgery at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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TRAINING
Dr. Hoffman graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, before receiving her M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed a neurosurgical residency and chief residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, then went on to complete advanced fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto.
During her neurosurgical training, Dr. Hoffman was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Housestaff Award by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the 2012 Dr. Kenneth Shulman Award by the AANS Pediatric Section, and the 2011 New York State Neurosurgical Society-Resident Research Award; in 2006 she was selected for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society.
RESEARCH
Dr. Hoffman has published academic papers in leading journals including Cancer Research, Nature Medicine, Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics on topics ranging from mechanisms of tumor progression to pediatric cerebrovascular disorders.
Dr. Hoffman sees patients at:
1305 York Avenue, 9th Floor (At 70th Street)
New York, NY 10022
She also sees patients in Brooklyn and Queens; please talk with the office staff about which location is best for you.
To request an appointment with Dr. Hoffman please visit weillcornellbrainandspine.org or call 212-746-2363.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Victor and Tara Menezes Clinical Scholar in Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Healthcare Leadership Fellowship 2016-2017
Antigua Epilepsy Week Grant, November 6-9th, 2016
Distinguished Housestaff Award, 2013
Dr. Kenneth Shulman Award- AANS Pediatric Section, 2012
New York State Neurosurgical Society-Resident Research Award, 2011
Falcon Award, 2008
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2006
Dr. Connie Guion Scholarship, 2006-2007
Ida Scudder Scholarship (Vellore, India), 2007
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
- American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Associate Attending Neurological Surgeon - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, 2007
- B.A., Columbia University, 2002
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
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News and Media
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External Relationships
External Relationships
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