ThinkFirst About Brain Injury: A Call to Action
In a previous position, I worked at a level 1 trauma center where the chief of neurosurgery referred to some trauma patients as “dingbats.” He did not always use the appellation, generally reserving it for people who injured themselves while intoxicated or through risk-taking behaviors. Still, he sometimes used it generically about any trauma patient. […]
Help Prevent Spinal Cord Injury: ThinkFirst
Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FAANS (left) Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Debby Gerhardstein RN, BSN, MA (middle) Executive Director, ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Naperville, Illinois Mark A Spatola, MD (right) Past Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park […]
Winter is here…Where is your helmet?
Kristopher G. Hooten, MD (left) Major United States Army Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Kimberly B. Hoang, MD (right) Resident in Neurological Surgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Winter is here. Where is your helmet? As the temperatures drop, neurosurgeons unfortunately also see an increase in devastating […]
ThinkFirst About Concussion
Debby Gerhardstein, RN, BSN, MA (left) Executive Director ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Naperville, Illinois Mark A. Spatola, MD, FAANS (right) Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park Neurosurgery Orange Park, Florida Over the years, the topic of concussion has moved from behind the shadows of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) to take on a […]
ThinkFirst: Raising Awareness about Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries for 30 Years
Guest post from Mark A. Spatola, MD, FAANS Chair-elect ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park Neurosurgery Orange Park, FL Each year, millions of people in the U.S. sustain a brain injury, and thousands more sustain a spinal cord injury. In fact, injury is the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 1 […]