Ben Himes, MD, PhD

Neurosurgical oncologist, glioma tumor immunologist

[Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official @EinsteinMed]

8 Einstein faculty members have received prestigious NIH Career Development Awards (K Awards), supporting innovative research in areas including opioid use disorder, diabetes, cancer, HIV, glioblastoma, lupus nephritis, & infectious diseases. https://t.co/2aeuG9NOO1 #EinsteinMed

[David Altschul @DavidAltschulMD]

Congrats fellas! Welcome aboard

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

Great work by our brain tumor research group in neurosurgery @MontefioreNYC @EinsteinMed. Lead by Dr. Jinan Behnan (sadly not on this app), this work deepens our understanding of tumor-immune interactions in glioblastoma and the role of skull bone marrow.

https://t.co/fKlxQdyWtQ

[Montefiore Neurointerventional Surgery @Monte_NIS]

‼️JULY 2025-2026 OPEN FELLOWSHIP POSITION ‼️
Unexpected first year neurointerventional surgery position open at Montefiore Medical Center 🧠 Come join an amazing team of neurosurgeons, NIRs, and stroke neurologists this summer for a CAST-certified 2 year position (2025-2027)

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

@JamieVanGompel @NREFORG @MayoClinicNeuro @YouTube Coming out of retirement?!

[David Altschul @DavidAltschulMD]

Billy Joel has NPH. It is an uncommon condition of the elderly causing 3Bs. Balance (gait dysfunction), Brain (memory problems), Bladder (urinary incontinence). Traditionally treated with VP shunt. There’s a new game in town. The e-shunt. @CereVasc Minimally invasive and innovative. The STRIDE trial is a randomized controlled trial comparing the new eShunt to traditional open surgery with VP shunt. Have more questions come to Montefiore-Einstein.

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

@Cori_Fain @HHMINEWS Congrats Cori!!

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

New location, but just as stunning. Organizing this with Roger Stupp and Walter Stummer is an honor. Now I just gotta learn how to ski. #FIN2025

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

The man, the myth, the legend, the friend @RobSpinnerMD from @MayoClinic dropping pearls for life and neurosurgery this morning here @MonteNeurosg @EinsteinMed where his Dad was faculty. Full circle!

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

Very excited for these two. Welcome to the fam!

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

I can’t think of a more deserving institution. Honored to be a part of it. Congrats to @MontefioreNYC @EinsteinMed.

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

A huge honor to have friend and mentor @MichaelJLinkMD visiting Einstein to talk about the Mayo Clinic acoustic experience.
Me: “Where’d you like to eat? Lots of great Michelin star places here.”
MJL: “How about Rosa Mexicano?”

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

@Cori_Fain @DrAaronJJohnson @MayoGradSchool @Brain1878 @HartyLab @LongJun_Wu @IanParneyMDPhD @KAyasoufi Congrats Cori!

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

@DrAaronJJohnson Congrats Aaron!

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

Inaugural national meeting for the Himes lab at #SNO2023 Great work by our PGY6 resident and future neurosurgical oncologist Julio Inocencio highlighting our work @MontefioreNYC @EinsteinMed

[Cancer Immunology Research @CIR_AACR]

Adding an extended half-life IL2 to anti–PD1 has beneficial effect in a murine #glioblastoma model, by @ZachariahTritz & @DrAaronJJohnson
https://t.co/JahfUGMmuI
@KAyasoufi @wolf_delaney @courtney_malo @benhimesMD @Cori_Fain @EmmaGoddery @IanParneyMDPhD @RVilePhD #CIRReviewerStar

[Vijay Agarwal @drvijay_agarwal]

We’re excited to welcome Daniel Popoola, MD, PhD, to our residency program and Monte/Einstein neurosurgery family @MontefioreNYC . Or PhD, MD, rather, as Dr. Stock corrected me. Impressive career so far, and he’s just getting started. #einsteinmed

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

Great work @ZachariahTritz and all! Great to see this out.

[Cancer Immunology Research @CIR_AACR]

Extended half-life-IL-2 and anti-PD-1 treat murine GBM model— by @ZachariahTritz, @DrAaronJJohnson et al.
https://t.co/bhKVAdiozW
@KAyasoufi @wolf_delaney @courtney_malo @benhimesMD @Cori_Fain @EmmaGoddery @IanParneyMDPhD @RVilePhD

[Todd Hollon @ToddCHollon]

We introduce #DeepGlioma, the first AI-based molecular classification system for diffuse gliomas. DeepGlioma was developed by @mlins_lab at @umichneuro with our incredible collaborators. Check out the paper in @NatureMedicine at https://t.co/dYGmuvjtYF.

[Ben Himes, MD, PhD @benhimesMD]

@drvijay_agarwal @JamieVanGompel @MichaelJLinkMD I am saving this for when I have to explain my life to people.