Stieg joined the faculty of
Harvard Medical School,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, and
Children's Hospital of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts in 1989. His research has focused on the mechanisms of injury in the
central nervous system after trauma and the mechanisms of cell-membrane transport and their implications after traumatic brain injury. In 2000, Stieg was named Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at
Weill-Cornell Medical College and
New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He has been listed in ''
Who's Who in Health and Medical Services
and The Best Doctors in America
. and has co-edited a textbook titled Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations''. In 2015, Stieg was named President of the Brain Tumor Foundation. In 2014 Stieg was seen in the 1st Episode of the 2nd season of
NY Med. In 2015, Stieg was named President of the Brain Tumor Foundation, and he now serves as a past president of that organization. In 2020, Dr Stieg was named the first Margaret and Robert J. Hariri, MD ’87, PhD ’87 Professor of Neurological Surgery. In 2018, Stieg was appointed to the
New York State Athletic Commission. Since 2021, Stieg has hosted the neuroscience podcast
This Is Your Brain. In 2023, Stieg won the 40th Maurice Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. The award, the highest honor at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, recognizes an outstanding individual for exceptional and longtime service. ==References==