In Honor of His Patients, Dr. Revilla Sets His Sights on a Summit
In the background, Mt. Sajama. Foreground, photos of Dr. Revilla on the Peruvian mountain Chopicalqui nearly two decades ago. Movement disorders specialist Fredy J. Revilla, MD, won’t be able to attend the Sunflower Revolution bike ride and symposium this year. But he is hoping to send a big hello – and a hurrah! – from […]
Even Years after a Stroke, It’s Never Too Late to START
Brett Kissela, MD, Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of the Stroke Recovery Center, in his office on the UC Academic Health Center campus. Known around the world for its pioneering work in the area of treatment and research into acute stroke, the UC Stroke Team is now making strides in what comes next: the emerging […]
Beyond the 275 Beltway, UC Health Telestroke Network Proves Its Value
Pamela Kimmel, RN, BSN, with a telestroke robot (nicknamed “Rosie”) in the NSICU at UC Health’s University Hospital. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. The new UC Health Telestroke Network has already paid dividends for patients at Dearborn County Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind. More than half a dozen patients at the hospital have been […]
New on the Neuro Floor: One-Stop Recovery
Ronald Warnick, MD, and University of Cincinnati Trustee Ginger Warner outside a new educational alcove that Mrs. Warner and her husband, David, helped to fund. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. A new kind of safety net is arriving at UC Health’s University Hospital and the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute on May 1. […]
Alzheimer’s Expert Sees Promise in Research Aimed at Underlying Pathologies
Brendan Kelley, MD, left, and William Thies, PhD, prior to Dr. Thies’s guest lecture. Photo by Dan Davenport / UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. What does Alzheimer’s disease have in common with cardiovascular disease? More than you might think, says William Thies, PhD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the Alzheimer’s Association. Dr. Thies […]
Ginny’s Story: Living with Glioblastoma
Greg and Ginny during one of her chemotherapy treatments. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. Greg tears up when he remembers one of his early visits to the UC Barrett Cancer Center with his wife, Ginny, newly diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in July 2008. “I remember being on the elevator that summer,” […]
Dr. Mario Zuccarello is University Hospital’s MVP for 2012
Mario Zuccarello, MD, left, is presented with the Clinical MVP Award by Brian Gibler, MD, President and CEO of University Hospital. Photo by Cindy Starr / Mayfield Clinic. Today is Doctors’ Day nationwide, and at UC Health’s University Hospital, cerebrovascular specialist Mario Zuccarello, MD, is being honored with the Clinical MVP Award. Brian Gibler, MD, […]
Spotted in Boulder, Colorado!
Spotted! In Boulder, Colorado: From left, UCNI Friend Buck Niehoff, a member of the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees; Tour de France Stagewinner and UCNI Friend Davis Phinney; and UCNI Clinical Director John M. Tew, MD. The three gentlemen had been inside spinning at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, each rider connected to […]
Alzheimer’s Findings Suggest Future Restorative Treatment Interventions
Photo of Brendan Kelley, MD, by UC Academic Health Center Communications Services. By Brendan Kelley, MD Director, Memory Disorders Center Widespread media coverage of findings reported in Science (published online 2/9/2012) by researchers at Case Western Reserve University has renewed attention and interest in the development of compounds that address the pathological changes that cause […]
UC Health Team Haiti Eyes a Deepening Commitment
At the hospital, from left (standing): translator and hospital employee Jean Kensy Simbert, EMT, Sarah Winston, MD, and Margaret Spears, RN; from left, sitting: Eric Anderson, EMT-P, and Mallorie Boeing, RN. Photos courtesy of UC Health Team Haiti. It wasn’t a one-time deal. The one-week medical mission to Haiti in 2011 didn’t turn out […]