Louis Kim, MD awarded $25K grant from The Bee Foundation
Dr. Louis Kim and team awarded the 2019 TBF Preventative Research Grant
Research and Innovation
Epilepsy patient donates part of his brain to science while he – and his healthy tissue – is still alive
Dr. Jeffrey Ojemann’s patient, Gary Williams, underwent microsurgery to remove the part of his brain responsible for debilitating seizures. Williams agreed to donate the small bit of healthy tissue that had to be removed during the operation for scientific analysis.
Dr. Mike Williams and his team’s report on the first 517 patients of the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network registry published in the May 24, 2019 online version of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
The first report of a large, multicenter cohort of patients with all categories of adult hydrocephalus who were enrolled prospectively and assessed using the same standard evaluations performed by trained examiners.
Gene study suggests drugs may treat some aneurysms
Dr. Manuel Ferreira was asked to comment on the findings in the paper he co-authored which was recently published in The American Journal of Human Genetics.
Ali Ravanpay, MD, PhD awarded VA Seed Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Ravanpay for “Immuno-cytochemical Identification of Zones of Cellular Regeneration in Normal Human Cervical Spinal Cord”.
Dr. Christine Mac Donald awarded a $3.8M grant to complete a 10-year follow up study of combat-related brain injury.
Dr. Christine Mac Donald awarded a $3.8M grant to complete a 10-year follow up study of combat-related brain injury.
Michael Levitt, MD selected to receive Royalty Research Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Levitt!
Congratulations to Professors Mourad and Browd for their work on the patent Ultrasound Stylet
Congratulations to Professors Mourad and Browd for their work on the patent Ultrasound Stylet with co-inventors Brian MacConaghy, Revathi Murthy, and Nathaniel Coulson.
Manuel Ferreira, MD, PhD and Louis Kim, MD’s paper published in The America Journal of Human Genetics
Congratulations to UW Neurological Surgery co-authors including Dr. Manuel Ferreira and Dr. Louis Kim whose paper entitled "Somatic PDGFRB Activating Variants In Fusiform Cerebral Aneurysms" has been published in the May 2nd issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics.