Stories with tag: "Neurology & Neurosurgery Podcasts"

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, is a neurologist and medical director of the Rush Epilepsy Clinic, director of the Clinic of Dietary Treatments of Epilepsy, and director of the epilepsy fellowship program at Rush. In addition to providing medical, surgical and brain stimulation treatments for patients with epilepsy, Dr. Balabanov is involved in research clinical trials in these areas. She has special interest in alternative treatments of epilepsy, especially dietary treatments

Arka Mallela, MD, is an epilepsy neurosurgeon at Rush. He leads the epilepsy surgery and brain mapping practices where he evaluates and treats patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and brain tumors. In addition, Dr. Mallela specializes in removing difficult brain tumors located near areas that control speech, movement and cognition. He uses brain mapping techniques to safely remove as much of the tumor as possible while protecting these important functions.

Stephan Munich, MD, is a neurosurgeon and the director of the Skull Base Neurosurgery program at Rush.

Dixon Yang, MD, MS, is a vascular neurologist who focuses on the diagnosis and management of cerebrovascular diseases.

In this episode of Rounding at Rush, Rajeev Garg, MD, chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care at Rush, talks about how Rush clinicians collaborate closely with stroke specialists and neurosurgeons to treat patients with a range of severe neurological injuries.

Vincent Traynelis, MD, is the interim chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Rush University Medical Center. He is also the vice chair of academic affairs and the director of the Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section at Rush.

Rebecca O’Dwyer, MD, is a neurologist and epileptologist in the Rush Epilepsy Center and is the director of the Epilepsy Clinic for Older Adults at Rush. Her clinical expertise is in epilepsy and cognition, as well as epilepsy and seizures in the older adult population.

In this episode, Augusto Miravalle, MD, the Chief of the Section of Multiple Sclerosis at RUSH, discusses the importance of whole brain health for MS patients, his work to reach and treat underserved populations, and the vital role patient education plays for beneficial short and long-term outcomes

Hong Wu, MD, and Ricardo Fontes, MD, discuss how clinicians in the Rush Spine Center take an integrated, multidisciplinary approach with the assessment and management of spine problems.

As one of the top ranked neurology and neurosurgery program in the country, Rush University Medical Center is at the forefront of providing leading edge care and participating in pathfinding neuro-interventional research. At the center of this work is R. Webster Crowley, MD, who discusses Rush’s use of the CorPath robotic system, Woven EndoBridge Embolization System and the RIST catheter.

Thomas Shoemaker, MD, a neurologist in the Rush University System for Health, joins Rounding at Rush to discuss Rush’s infusion program, what he and his colleagues have learned about infusions during the COVID-19 pandemic and where the future of neurologic treatments is heading at Rush.