The Department of Neurosurgery’s softball players, led by Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery for the Mount Sinai Health System, far right, gathered in Central Park for the charity tournament.
Faculty, fellows, and residents from the Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Neurosurgery recently participated in the 14th Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament. The event, held Saturday, June 3, in Central Park, helps support the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and pediatric brain tumor research. More than 40 teams from academic medical centers in the United States and Canada turned out for the friendly competition. For those keeping score, the Mount Sinai team beat the Michigan Health System and the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, but lost to Columbia University Medical Center. Most Valuable Player awards went to Mount Sinai team members Robert J. Rothrock, MD, and Jeffrey Gilligan, MD, both neurosurgery residents; and Peter Taub, MD, Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Neurosurgery, who hit home runs. The event was hosted by Columbia University’s Department of Neurological Surgery.