Guillain-Barré in the Spotlight, But No Stranger to UC Neuromuscular Team
Neuromuscular specialist John Quinlan, MD, at the UC Academic Health Center. Photo by Cindy Starr. The world has wept a collective tear during the last several months following the surge of babies born with small heads and underdeveloped brains, the unproven but likely effect of mothers infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus during pregnancy. But […]
A Grateful Survivor Marks her 10-Year Anniversary with Annual Holiday Gift of ‘Mary’s Socks’
Mary Siereveld, center, prepares to deliver gifts to patients on the neuroscience floor at the UC Medical Center. At left, Lisa Bowman, RN, Nurse Manager on 4 West; at right, Carrie Roark, Medical Assistant at the Gardner Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. Photos by Cindy Starr. Mary Siereveld, a brain tumor survivor who […]
2015: A Year of Progress, Healing and Thanks
The physicians, researchers, managers and associates of the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, a collaboration of the UC College of Medicine and UC Health, extend a heartfelt thank you to our friends who supported our tripartite mission throughout 2015. With your help we continued to build upon our efforts to provide the best available treatments […]
UC Joins Northeast ALS Research Consortium
The University of Cincinnati has been admitted into the Northeast Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Consortium, an international research collaborative based in Boston that includes more than 100 members. Membership in the consortium, also known as NEALS, positions the UC Health ALS Clinic for acceptance into ALS clinical trials and will enable the clinic to bring the […]
Health Restored, a Brain Tumor Survivor Shares Her Story and Song
Billi Ewing of Dayton, Ohio, and her son, Trenton, at the Walk Ahead for a Brain Tumor Cure. Photos by Cindy Starr. After Billi Ewing underwent surgery for an atypical meningioma, a difficult but benign brain tumor that had grown into her facial structure, she found that she had trouble opening her jaw. Although the […]
Transforming Care for Dementia and Memory Disorders
More than 200 supporters attended the Sept. 25 Forget-Me-Not Gala at the Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati. Photos by Joe Simon. UC Health has begun transforming the way memory disorders are being treated in Cincinnati. Supporting this transformation is the Forget-Me-Not Gala, held September 25, which netted a record $60,000 – a 40 percent increase over […]
Tom Mueller Honored with 2015 Sunflower Victory Award
From left, at the 2015 Sunflower Symposium: Cara Jacob, MD, Kim Seroogy, PhD, Andrew Duker, MD, George Mandybur, MD, Linda Mueller, Victory Award honoree Tom Mueller, and Maureen Gartner, NP-C. Tom Mueller, an integral member of the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation, was honored with the 2015 Sunflower Victory Award at the […]
A Subdivision Pulls Together to ‘Chip Away’ at Parkinson’s
Paul Lake, left, and Bob Dames have built Chipping Away at Parkinson’sinto an annual neighborhood happening. When Paul Lake learned that two people in his subdivision had Parkinson’s disease, he felt a wave of sympathy. When he heard that a third neighbor had Parkinson’s, he felt even […]
Sunflower Revolution Symposium to Spotlight Bladder Challenges Associated with Parkinson’s
UC Health urologist Ayman Mahdy, MD, PhD. Photo by Cindy Starr. Tremors, rigidity, shuffling steps: they are just a few of the slings and arrows suffered by people with Parkinson’s disease. Then there are the less talked-about secondary symptoms – including urinary problems – that can profoundly influence quality of life. This year, for the […]
Lisa Newport Helps People Get Stronger With Aquatic Exercise
Lisa Newport, UC Health aquatics instructor, at the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care. Photo by Michelle Cordy. Lisa Newport has been an aquatic specialist at Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care for nearly 20 years. She is certified with the Aquatic Exercise Association, and she teaches water exercise classes and does personal training. Many […]