Media

Videos, talks and articles featuring Dr. Kurt Yaeger, on treating complex brain and spine conditions and on building new devices to treat them.

Videos

Houston Methodist · January 2026

‘I Had Sparkle Back’: Woman recovers memory and joy after endovascular repair of a CSF leak

Debra Roberts lived with migraines, fluid leaking from her nose and ears, and memory loss before an MRI showed her brain was sagging from a spinal CSF leak. Dr. Yaeger treated her with a minimally invasive endovascular procedure.

Mount Sinai Neurosurgery · October 2021

Meet chief neurosurgery resident Kurt Yaeger, MD

A profile from his chief residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, on cerebrovascular surgery, device development through Sinai BioDesign, and the catheter he patented.

Talks

Houston Methodist Stroke 360 Symposium · January 2024

Updates in the management of moyamoya disease and syndrome

A talk for physicians on current approaches to moyamoya, a rare condition that narrows the arteries at the base of the brain.

Mount Sinai Neurosurgery

Microvascular decompression and intraoperative monitoring

A teaching session on microvascular decompression surgery and the nerve monitoring used during it.

In print