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Newest faculty member is multiple fellowship-trained and will practice in several care settings
Dr. Mayur Sharma recently joined the Neurosurgery Department as an Assistant Professor. His clinical practice focuses on tumors, his research focuses on making surgery safer.
Neurosurgery

Mentoring is enabling your students to “bloom wherever they will.”
Dr. Cornelius Lam believes there are multiple levels to being a mentor: leading by example, being empathetic, and setting the right benchmarks.
Neurosurgery

Discovering your mentees' goals benefits everyone involved, notes department mentor
For Dr. Andrew Venteicher, mentoring is a team sport. In addition to working with residents, fellows, graduate students, and post docs, he also mentors clinical staff.
Neurosurgery

Prayer, faith, and community help a couple battle glioblastoma
Tonya Miller was diagnosed with glioblastoma early in 2022. Since then, she and her husband, Melvin, have been fighting the battle of her life.
Neurosurgery, Patient Care

New Research Program Manager brings plenty of U of M experience to her role
Hannah Fischer, MPH, enjoys working in research because of its impact on patients' quality of life.
Neurosurgery, Research

Couple continues to celebrate the small wins in their fight against glioblastoma
(In September 2021, we featured Laura Walsh in an article about her brain tumor diagnosis and subsequent treatments. We recently checked in with her to see how things are going.)
In 2020, Laura...
Neurosurgery, Patient Care

Department mentor enjoys “planting seeds” with young researchers
Dr. Walter Low works diligently to help those he mentors become a credit to the scientific community.
Neurosurgery

Department welcomes two new Physician Assistants
Tammy Estrem and Lily Whiteside are enabling the department to expand patient care.
Neurosurgery

University of Minnesota neurosurgery advances innovative care in Sweden through education
A long-term mentoring relationship with Dept. Head Dr. Clark C. Chen has benefited neurosurgery patients in Sweden.
Neurosurgery

U of M research team to use 5-year, $2.2M NIH grant to investigate improving deep brain stimulation outcomes for epilepsy patients
Deep brain stimulation is a treatment choice for those whose epilepsy cannot be controlled using medication. A multidisciplinary team at the U wants to optimize the stimulation settings used in this...
Neurosurgery

Faculty support enables neurosurgery resident to continue doing important research
Research is a key part of the Neurosurgery Department’s Residency Program at the U. To underscore its importance, dedicated time is given to each resident interested in doing investigative work....
Neurosurgery

Nurse practitioners play an important role in neurosurgery
Sarah Heinle, CNP; and Seena George, CNP, work diligently to help their neurosurgical patients navigate what can be complex healthcare requirements.
Neurosurgery

Teamwork, expertise makes M Health Fairview an excellent place for stroke treatment
Stroke is the second most common cause of mortality worldwide (behind heart disease), according to a 2019 World Health Organization report. The most common type of stroke globally is ischemic stroke...
Neurosurgery

A pediatric neurosurgeon’s perspective about the enigmatic condition known as spina bifida
More than 166,000 individuals in the United States have spina bifida. Pediatric neurosurgeon Daniel Guillaume, MD, MS, helps raise awareness about this enigmatic condition – its...
Neurosurgery

Young Afghan refugee physician views her opportunity at the U of M as miraculous
When neurosurgeon Andrew Grande MD, offered Atefa Tavasoli a neuroanatomy fellowship earlier this year, she thought it was a miracle.
Neurosurgery

Faculty member elected to influential neurosurgical organization
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director Michael C. Park, MD, PhD, was recently notified that he had been accepted into the Society of Neurological Surgeons. ...
Neurosurgery

Research coordinator on a mission to help improve equity in his lab’s investigations
Yeng Moua works with the McGovern Lab to organize, enroll, and schedule consenting subjects into the lab's studies. He also keeps an eye on the diversity of those subjects.
Neurosurgery

Can you diagnose facial pain with just an MRI? A U of M team gets out of their comfort zones to find out.
A team of former and current UMN researchers put a traditional way of diagnosing trigeminal neuralgia to the test. Their findings may rock some boats.
Neurosurgery

“This is healthcare as continuous as it gets” – collaborative effort helps newborn through successful hydrocephalus surgery
When Ayden Olson-Forbes was diagnosed with hydrocephalus before he was born, it activated a team of professionals dedicated to his care that included pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Carolina Sandoval-...
Neurosurgery