Title: "Through Endurance We Conquer": Building an Academic Spine Center The 20-year Weill Cornell Journey

Roger Härtl, MD

Hansen-MacDonald Professor of Neurological Surgery

Director of Neurosurgery Spine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Neurosurgical Director, Och Spine at New York- Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center

Director, Och Spine at New York-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine

Center for Comprehensive Spine Care

Founder, Weill Cornell Medicine Tanzania Neurosurgery Initiative