Clinical trial uses stem cells to help patients recover from stroke
Neurosurgeons at the University of Chicago Medicine are participating in a clinical trial that uses stem cells to help patients recover from a stroke. [Read more]
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Removing epidermoid brain stem tumor gets professor back in the classroom
Surgeon Peter Warnke removes a rare epidermoid brain stem tumor and helps a college professor get back in the classroom [Read more]
New deep brain stimulation device gives doctors precise controls for treating movement disorders
UChicago Medicine is one of the first health care systems to successfully use a new type of deep brain stimulation system for patients with either Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor. [Read more]
UChicago Medicine designated as first cavernous angioma center of excellence
Angioma Alliance, the nation’s only patient advocacy nonprofit for individuals impacted by cerebral cavernous angiomas, has designated the University of Chicago Medicine as its first Clinical Center of Excellence for treatment and research into the rare disease. [Read more]
Clot-busting therapy reduces mortality in deadliest form of stroke
The use of clot-busting drugs to clear blood from the brain’s ventricles may be the first effective strategy to decrease mortality for a type of catastrophic bleeding stroke, according to phase-3 clinical trial results presented by Issam Awad, MD, at the International Stroke Conference 2016. [Read more]
John F. Mullan, pioneering neurosurgeon, 1925-2015
In the 1960s, Mullan developed minimally-invasive surgical techniques that are still routinely performed by interventional radiologists and neurosurgeons today. [Read more]
David Frim, MD, to receive Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award
David Frim, MD, Chief of the Section of Neurosurgery, will receive the second Gary Lichtenstein Humanitarian Award on May, 4. [Read more]
The Molecular Future of Neurosurgery
A recent symposium delved into how neurosurgeons plan to move beyond scalpels and steel to treating brain conditions with viruses, genes and proteins. [Read more]
Tiny Particles to Target Brain Tumors
Neurosurgeon Bakhtiar Yamini is working with nanoparticles to deliver chemotherapy drugs to hard-to-reach brain tumors. [Read more]
A Critical Mass of Knowledge on CCM
Dr. Issam Awad's clinic for patients with cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) has become center of expertise attracting patients from around the world. [Read more]