Faces of Neurosurgery — Saluting Dr. Edie Zusman: Pioneering Epilepsy Treatment in Nigeria
Guest post from Sharona Ben-Haim, MD Neurosurgical Fellow at Oxford University U.K. In the United States, society accepts the diagnosis of epilepsy and embraces its treatment, which is usually medical, although in refractory cases may be surgical. However, for the more than 10,000,000 people on the continent of Africa who suffer from epilepsy, 75-80 percent […]
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 […]