We Are Talking Past One Another!
By General Peter Chiarelli (Ret.) Chief Executive Officer, One Mind Scientific chaos seems to rule in the world of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI). This may come as a surprise given the high profile concussions have been given recently. For example, the National Football League (NFL) has been denigrated for hiding the effects of […]
Voices Of Our Patients – Giving Back: A Brain Aneurysm Survivor
Guest post from Kimon Bekelis, MD Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Maria was a busy working mom raising two children — 18 months and four years old — when she suffered a sudden severe headache from a ruptured aneurysm. Like most patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, the diagnosis comes unexpectedly and can carry dire consequences. […]
Not so FAST…There is Another Stroke
Guest post from Christine J. Buckley Executive Director, Brain Aneurysm Foundation Aneurysm — a scary word, but most people think it can’t apply to them. Not so fast! Nearly one in 50 individuals in the Unites States has a brain aneurysm and every year 30,000 people will suffer a brain aneurysm rupture. This will lead […]
A Real Pediatric Health Crisis
Guest post from Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FACS AANS Past President President, Society of Neurological Surgeons Director, Institute of the Neurosciences Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery Professor, Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA There seems to be an insatiable public interest […]
’Twas the Season
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Vice President, AANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Over the recent holidays, when people came to celebrate the spirit of the holiday season, many traditions were honored including, the shortest days of the year, parties, […]
Sports-Related Brain Injury: Lessons from the NFL
H. Hunt Batjer, MD (right) President, American Association of Neurological Surgeons Lois C. A. and Darwin E. Smith Distinguished Chair in Neurological Surgery UT Southwestern Neurosurgery Department Dallas, TX Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD (left) Chair-elect, AANS/CNS Washington Committee Past-chair, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA Editor’s Note: […]
Caring for our Littlest Patients: New Hope with Seizure Surgery
Jason S. Hauptman, MD PhD Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Los Angeles, CA As surgeons, our greatest ambitions and desires revolve around making the lives of the people we take care of better. In the case of pediatric neurosurgery, we not only focus our efforts on helping children with challenging and sometimes devastating neurological […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: On Track to Heal in a Disaster
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Millions of viewers were glued to the news when an Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to New York City derailed outside Philadelphia on May 12, 2015. There were 238 passengers and five crew members on the train. As a result of […]
Brain Aneurysm Foundation: Make September National Brain Aneurysm Month
Guest post from Christine J. Buckley Executive Director, Brain Aneurysm Foundation The Brain Aneurysm Foundation (BAF) was the first foundation of its kind — and continues to be the premier foundation in the world, solely dedicated to providing critical awareness, education, support and research funding to reduce the incidence of brain aneurysm ruptures. Established in […]
Hospital Transfer of Neuro-trauma Patients Increases Survival Rate
Guest post from Kimon Bekelis, MD Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Value reigns supreme in the world of healthcare delivery today. Value has been defined easily as: COST/QUALITY A recent landmark study tackles the difficult question on the value of expensive helicopter transport in the care of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. To fully […]