Faculty, residents, and fellows from the Department of Neurosurgery flexed their competitive muscles at the 15th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament in Central Park. More than 40 teams from academic medical centers in the United States and Canada turned out for the friendly competition in June, which was hosted by Columbia University’s Department of Neurological Surgery. The event
helps support the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and pediatric brain tumor research.
Paul Singh, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, and Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, took home the team’s Most Valuable Player award, thanks to a game-winning triple. The team from Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, won the competition.
The Department of Neurosurgery’s players and their families at the tournament in Central Park.