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Faculty member named 2020 Forbeck Scholar
Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD, was recently selected as one of four national 2020 Forbeck Scholars. “The Forbeck Scholar designation is an acknowledgement of research excellence by the William Guy...
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Remembering Molly
Dr. Molly Hubbard was born in Burlington, VT, in 1986. She grew up in Utah developing a great love for the outdoors and, in particular, for skiing. She graduated from Utah State University in...
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Department welcomes new resident
On February 17, 2020, second-year resident Shiwei Huang, MD, MS, joined the U’s Neurosurgery Residency Program. Huang began her residency at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, in July 2018. She...
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CANCELLED Fourth Annual Updates in Neurosciences for Primary Care has something for everyone
This event has been cancelled because of COVID-19 concerns. Nationally and internationally recognized experts from the University of Minnesota Neurosurgery Department, will provide...
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Finance Department employee recognized as the 2019 Angie Balkcum Award winner
Baye Diouf, Clinical Analyst with the Medical School’s Finance Department, is the 2019 recipient of the Neurosurgery Department’s annual Angie Balkcum Award. The award was announced during the...
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Minnesota veterans wanting deep brain stimulation for movement disorders get some good news
The Department of Veterans Affairs approved a clinical restructuring request to implement a deep brain stimulation program at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
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U’s Neuroanatomy Lab attracts international researchers with aim of helping facial pain and acoustic neuroma patients
The Neuroanatomy Lab at the University of Minnesota is in its sixth year and has brought researchers from around the globe to work in its unique environment. Two international neurosurgeons are...
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Telestroke already helping Minnesotans, getting ready to help even more
More than 600 patients have been treated during the M Health Fairview telestroke rollout since it began more than a year ago. Telestroke enables M Health Fairview stroke experts to evaluate and...
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Neurosurgery Department welcomes new Nurse Practitioner
Therese Maas, APRN, DNP, recently joined the Neurosurgery department with a primary focus on spinal conditions. “I enjoy interpreting and reviewing spine MRI imaging for patients to help them...
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Unusual use of research coordinator role helping 2020 neurosurgery resident connect to the U’s research community
Birra Taha, MD, has taken on a unique role prior to starting his neurosurgical residency at the U in June 2020. He is helping coordinate Neurosurgery Department research, providing research support...
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Renowned Canadian neurosurgeon/scientist visits the U, sparking inspiration and collaboration
“If you look at progress in neurosurgery over the last 100 years, it has, to a large extent, paralleled and depended on advances in technology,” said Garnette Sutherland, MD, Professor of...
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Celebrating Nurse Practitioner Week: interview with U of M Pediatric Neurosurgery’s Leah Kann, APRN, CNP; and Emma Venteicher, MS, FNP
According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), nurse practitioners (NPs) have been assessing patients, ordering and interpreting tests, making diagnoses and initiating and...
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Pediatric Neurosurgery Department adds staff to ensure comprehensive patient care
To see more patients, both adult and children, the Pediatric Neurosurgery Department at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital recently expanded its staff and...
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Researchers and clinicians working together to better understand rare facial pain condition host visiting professor
A multidisciplinary group of scientists and clinicians at the University of Minnesota is studying trigeminal neuralgia. The condition causes acute, chronic pain to arise along the trigeminal nerve,...
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After months of trying to find a solution for her trigeminal neuralgia pain, U of M patient feels she was “finally in the right place”
When Twin Cities resident Deb de Vries reached U of M Neurosurgery Department scheduler Bob Dickhausen, she was at the end of her rope. “It was a Friday afternoon, I had been bounced around by...
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Collaborative work being done on brain aneurysm inspires visit from like-minded institution
Intracranial aneurysms are like ticking time bombs in the brain. When an aneurysm ruptures, mortality varies between 30% to 60% and about 66% of survivors have significant, disabling neurologic...
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Mother’s determination leads to the U of M and her daughter’s remarkable recovery from rare condition
Sometimes, it takes determination and persistence to get your child what they need. Autumn Lyons of Sturgis, SD, discovered that as she tried to get medical help for her nine-year-old daughter,...
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Haines Family lecturer focuses on a collaborative way of using data to improve patient outcomes
Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FACS, Chair of Neurosurgery at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA, gave the Haines Family Lectureship on Clinical Research in Neurosurgery, September 6, 2019, in...
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