Absorbing a Difficult Diagnosis: Seeking Balance after Loss
In the fields of neuroscience, few diagnoses are easy for patients and families to absorb. Whether the diagnosis is achieved gradually, after many tests, or whether it arrives like a bolt out of the blue, as with a stroke or seizure, lives are usually altered forever. “I think as a neurologist 90 percent of time […]
You WILL Feel Better after Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery: Just Give It Time
Members of the skull base team: From left, Drs. Mario Zuccarello, Norberto Andaluz, Lee Zimmer, and Jeffrey Keller at the recent Keller Lecture on endoscopic skull base surgery at the UC College of Medicine. Photo by Tonya Hines. If a surgeon removes a tumor from inside your head, you might logically expect to feel better […]
Dr. Angela Stillwagon: Getting Patients Back on Their Feet with PM&R
Angela Stillwagon, DO, a physical medicine & rehabilitation physician, at the UC Medical Center. Photo by Cindy Starr. Helping patients recover function and quality of life after stroke, traumatic brain injury, or musculoskeletal or spinal cord injury is the prime objective of Angela Stillwagon, DO, a new member of the UC Neuroscience Institute’s Physical Medicine […]
Memorial Gift Will Help ALS Clinic Serve Patients’ Complex Needs
Tim Brown with his late wife and soul mate, Linda Link Brown. Harry “Tim” Brown honored his wife and soul mate during her final years by stepping firmly into the role of primary caregiver. He installed chair lifts and wheelchair ramps, rearranged the house, administered medication and nutrition through a feeding tube, and treated his […]
Dr. Rhonna Shatz: Building a New Approach to Brain Health
Rhonna Shatz, DO, right, with Jennifer Molano, MD, both of the UC Memory Disorders Center, at a community event. Photo by Cindy Starr. Toolbox in hand, Rhonna Shatz, DO, has arrived as the new Medical Director and the Sandy and Bob Heimann Chair in Research and Education of Alzheimer’s Disease at the UC Memory Disorders […]
Ohio Collaborative Seeks to Broaden Clinical Trial Access
Bob Kehm, a clinical trial participant, with his doctors, Norberto Andaluz, MD, left, and Richard Curry, MD, right, of the UC Brain Tumor Center. Photo by Cindy Starr. The day may soon arrive when all Ohio residents can gain access to a promising clinical trial within a short drive of their home. That is the […]
2014: A Year for Transformation, Discovery & Thanks
The physicians, researchers, managers and associates of the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, one of four institutes of the UC College of Medicine and UC Health, extend a heartfelt “thank you” to all of our friends who supported our tripartite mission throughout 2014. With your help we continued to build upon our efforts to provide […]
A Young Adventurer Seeks Restoration, Rehabilitation and Hope
Jim Harris with his parents, Mary Pat Schoeny Harris and Jeff Harris, at the UC Medical Center several days after Jim underwent complex spinal surgery. There was always an element of risk. Jim Harris traveled in the adventure world as an accomplished writer and photographer, capturing an alternate universe of powder, mountains and electric blue […]
Conquering Depression Symposium Inspires Confidence
Carol Williams, news anchor at WCPO-TV, shown at left as a volunteer emcee at NAMI Walks and at right as the 2014 recipient of the UC Mood Disorders Center’s Award for Mental Health Advocacy. A community symposium organized by the UC Mood Disorders Center – Conquering Depression: Different Approaches for All Ages – packed the […]
From the Lab to the Bedside, UC Brain Tumor Center Makes Strides in Effort to Tame Glioblastoma
From left: Xiaoyang Qi, PhD, Rekha Chaudhary, MD, and El Mustapha Bahassi, PhD. Families who confront glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive brain cancer, shoulder a particularly harsh burden of disease. The cancer, as the word “multiforme” suggests, comes in many forms. Its heterogeneous nature and diffuse form make it difficult to treat. But patients and families […]