Seizures and Brain Tumors
Richard Byrne, MD, chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery, was interviewed on the local Fox-32 news January 20, 2009, about seizures and brain tumors for a story about Senator Ted Kennedy.

Brain Tumors
As complex and scary as brain surgery sounds, it is also often highly successful. Fox-32 provided a rare look inside the operating room at Rush University Medical Center in a story that aired September 9, 2008, featuring neurosurgeon Lorenzo Munoz, MD.

Deep Brain Stimulation
Rush University Medical Center and Roy Bakay, MD, were featured in a front page story in the Chicago Tribune about deep brain stimulation (DBS). Rush is a key site studying DBS for Parkinson's, epilepsy and Tourette's syndrome. Read the story. The paper also profiled a patient who underwent DBS for dystonia. To read the story click here. Neurologist Leo Verhagen, MD, was quoted in a related blog. Read the blog.

Malignant Brain Tumors
Following the announcement that Senator Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, Richard Byrne, MD, chairman of neurosurgery, appeared live on FOX 32 on May 25, 2008, to discuss the treatment of malignant gliomas.