UCNI Weekly Blog

Lori Shutter, MD, is Head Injury Consultant to Cincinnati Bengals

Friday, August 13, 2010
Lori Shutter, MD, right, and at left with husband Michael Abney. Cycling photo by Mark Bowen.

To comply with a new National Football League protocol that requires an independent assessment of any player who has suffered a head injury, the Cincinnati Bengals have turned to Lori Shutter, M.D., a neuro-intensivist with the Mayfield Clinic and the UC Neuroscience Institute.

Summer Reading Recommendations from Our Neuroscience Team

Thursday, August 5, 2010
Recommended books at the Corryville branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Photo by Cindy Starr/Mayfield Clinic.

Research shows that vacations are good for your health! Your heart will thank you for getting away from work and its accompanying stresses. For many people, one of the most enjoyable parts of a vacation is indulging in a good book that isn’t related to their day job. If you haven’t read a book yet this summer and you’re not sure where to start, here are recommendations from specialists and associates at the UC Neuroscience Institute.

Can't Remember What's-His-Name? Blame it on Brain Hemisphericity

Friday, July 30, 2010
Photo of Michael Privitera, MD, by UC Academic Health Center Medical Communications

Most people are either right-brained or left-brained. What does that mean? And what about people who are whole-brained, with both sides equally strong? Do neurologists tend to be right-brained while surgeons tend to be left-brained? Michael Privitera, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute, answers:

Sunflower Spotlight: Have a Cammy Day!

Friday, July 23, 2010
Local 12 Anchor Cammy Dierking as cyclist and emcee in recent Sunflower Revolution events. Photos by Mark Bowen.

Radiating warmth and a sunburst smile, Cammy Dierking practically welcomes you to walk in her shoes. The Local 12 evening anchor, motivational speaker and perennial Sunflower Revolution emcee and cyclist wants you to live as fully and happily as she does. And if Cammy makes that balance look easy, it’s because she has spent decades perfecting the art of embracing positive thoughts and banishing negative ones. Cultivating the positive energy field that surrounds her and envelops others is part of her life’s work.

'Walk Ahead' Route is Rich in Beauty and Symbolism

Friday, July 16, 2010
Members of Walk Ahead's organizing team, from left: Survivors Collin June, Sandy Hempel, Chris Knueven and Brian Wiles, and Caregiver Kathy Beechem. Photos by Mayfield Clinic / Cindy Starr.

Organizers for Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure braved heat and haze on Wednesday to test out the route for the inaugural event scheduled for October 10. All were in agreement: the 5-kilometer walk is consistently beautiful and frequently breathtaking, offering up one postcard view after another. The arresting images were symbolic as well: There was the constancy of the river, the resilience of the bridges, the innovation of the triumphant, 300-ton tiara. 

Back in the Game: Tom Tomsick, MD, Produces a Baseball Memoir

Friday, July 9, 2010
Thomas Tomsick, MD, in his office. Behind him, a 1966 photograph, taken by Rocky Colavito, of young Tom with the Cleveland Indians' pitching coach, inscribed, "Good luck to my Good Buddy Tom -- Early Wynn." Photo by Mayfield Communications / Cindy Starr.

As the bullpen catcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1964 to 1966, Thomas Tomsick had a front-row seat to a historical accomplishment that was less than fully appreciated at the time. A college student with a perfect summer job, he watched the Indians build a pitching legacy, strikeout by strikeout, inning by inning, that would go unmatched until the 1990s.

New MS Pill Puts Hope on the Horizon

Thursday, July 1, 2010
Photo of Dr. Maria Melanson by Academic Health Center Communications / Daniel Davenport.

Like all drugs, it has side effects. Patients who take it will need to be monitored. And it has not even been approved yet by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But Maria Melanson, MD, Clinical Director of the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis, is among those who are clearly excited about the first oral drug for patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. An FDA advisory committee recommended approval of the drug, fingolimod, on June 14.

A Life Immersed in "the Wellspring of Humanity" Earns Drake Medal for Joseph Broderick, MD

Monday, June 28, 2010
Joe Broderick, MD, receiving the Drake Medal from David Stern, MD, Dean of the UC College of Medicine. Photo by Academic Health Center Communications/Daniel Davenport.

Joseph Broderick, MD, Professor and Chair in the Department of Neurology and Research Director of the UC Neuroscience Institute, was recently honored with the Daniel Drake Medal, the most prestigious award given to living faculty and alumni of the UC College of Medicine. Dr. Broderick, an internationally known stroke researcher, led studies that resulted in the approval of t-PA for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

Acoustic Neuroma Association Weighs In on Cell Phones: Listen More, Talk Less

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
John M. Tew, MD, left and Philip Theodosopoulos, MD, members of the ANA Medical Advisory Board. Photo by Cindy Starr/Mayfield Clinic.
 

The widespread use of cell phones and many studies on cell phones and possible associated health risks prompted the Acoustic Neuroma Association Board of Directors to initiate the following statement regarding cell phone usage and acoustic neuroma. This statement is endorsed by the ANA Medical Advisory Board, which is co-chaired by John M. Tew, MD, Clinical Director of the UC Neuroscience Institute, and includes Philip Theodosopoulos, MD. Drs. Tew and Theodosopoulos are neurosurgeons with UCNI and the Mayfield Clinic.

Women Celebrate Historic Day at Neurosurgery Residency Graduation

Thursday, June 10, 2010
Mayfield Lecturer Karin Muraszko, MD, seated, with graduating residents Marcella Madera, MD, (left) and Ellen Air, MD, PhD. Photo by Martha Headworth/Mayfield Clinic.

That tinkling sound heard at the 2010 graduation ceremonies of the UC Department of Neurosurgery and the Mayfield Clinic residency program on June 4 was another crack in the glass ceiling. For the first time in the program’s history, the graduating residency class was entirely female.

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