For Patients with Brain Tumors, Katarina’s Care Bags Add a Touch of Healing
Katarina Warnick, home for Thanksgiving, assembles special bags that will be given to patients at the UC Brain Tumor Center. Photos by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. Katarina Warnick was in high school when she realized that she wanted to do something to help the patients her father treated at the Brain Tumor Center at […]
Study Participant Strides Ahead with His Doctors, His Research Team & the Best Therapy (Dog) Ever
Bob Kehm, center, with two of his doctors, neurosurgeon Norberto Andaluz, MD, left, and neuro-oncologist Richard Curry, III, MD, right, at the kickoff for UC Health Research Week. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. Bob Kehm helped kick off UC Health Research Week 2012 on Tuesday at University Hospital with a story that merged […]
As HPV-Related Throat Cancer Rises, Dr. Wilson Calls on New Robotic Skills
Keith Wilson, MD, Asso. Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at UC and Chief of Staff at UC Health University Hospital. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. For Keith Wilson, MD, watching the emergence throat cancers related to the human papilloma virus (HPV) has been almost like watching the emergence of a new disease. […]
2nd Annual Rick King Memorial Serves Up Fitting Tribute
From left: Colleen King and husband Keith King; Kristen King and husband Tony King; Paulette King; and Jessica and Craig Rodenberg. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. The 2nd Annual Rick King Memorial Fundraiser Saturday night in Fairfield fulfilled its goal: it served as a heart-warming remembrance of a cherished husband, father and grandfather, […]
Former Executive Moves ‘Pedal for Parkinson’s’ Into High Gear
Ben Contra, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 46, is working hard to raise money for research at the Gardner Center. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. In the summer of 2011, Ben Contra went public. At age 49, after hiding a major health condition for two and a half years from everyone except […]
From the Trenches of Huntington’s Disease, Charles Sabine Delivers Message of Hope
Meeting his family history head-on, Charles Sabine, center, participates in a clinical trial to shed light on Huntington’s disease. Mr. Sabine’s father, at left, suffered from the disease, as does Mr. Sabine’s older brother, shown with Charles at right. Photos courtesy of Charles Sabine. In 2005 the NBC war correspondent Charles Sabine made the life-altering […]
UC Health Team Haiti Gives a Hand Up to Haitian Doctor
Dr. Linda Théodor, a visiting doctor from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with Drs. Jordan Bonomo, left, and John M. Tew in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at UC Health University Hospital. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. The commitment by UC Health Team Haiti to Bernard Mevs Hospital/Project Medishare, Haiti’s only hospital dedicated to intensive care […]
Dr. Richard Curry is Catalyst for New Neuro-Oncology Clinics
In his new clinics, Dr. Richard Curry, above, is helping patients who suffer neurologic side-effects of cancer. Richard Curry, MD, was a medical resident when he realized he had a mind for neurology and a heart for people who had cancer. That duality of thought and feeling led him to pursue a unique fellowship, one […]
Dr. Revilla Awarded the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center Chair for Excellence in Parkinson’s
From left, James J. and Joan A. Gardner with Fredy J. Revilla, MD, at the Cincinnati ShakeUp for Parkinson’s fundraiser in April 2012. Photo by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. Fredy J. Revilla, MD, Director of the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, one of […]
Dr. DelBello’s Goal: Stopping Mental Illness before It Tragically Unfurls
Melissa DelBello, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research at UC. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. In a nightmare of déjà vu, a young adult inflicts a paroxysm of violence upon society. In this latest example in Aurora, Colo., a 24-year-old man kills 12 people […]