Dominique Higgins, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Dominique Higgins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, and serves as Co-Director of Surgical Neuro-Oncology and Director of Brain Tumor Therapies.

Dr. Higgins graduated from Stanford University with a dual BS/MS in Biological Sciences, and an honors specialization in Neuroscience. He then completed a dual MD/PhD program at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, appeasing both his interests in medicine and research. While at Mayo, Dr. Higgins completed his PhD thesis on glioblastoma stem cells. He went on to complete his residency training in neurosurgery at Columbia University's Neurological Institute of New York. He then completed a b...