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Blount and Liptrap elected to faculty senate
Jeffrey Blount, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery professor and director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Assistant Professor Elizabeth Liptrap,[…] -
Surgery on man’s pituitary tumor ends debilitating migraines
Migraine headaches were ruining Christopher Sheheane’s life, until a visit to UAB found the cause: a pituitary gland tumor. -
Problem to product: New way to navigate twisted blood vessels
With his idea for a coil that travels through the vasculature much like a sailboat riding the breeze, a UAB[…] -
Save the Date: Department hosts 2020 faculty retreat
This year, the Department of Neurosurgery will host the Annual Faculty Retreat virtually, in respect of COVID-19 pandemic guidelines. -
Blount and Rozzelle featured in UAB MedCast podcast
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Jeffrey Blount, M.D., and Director of the Neurosurgery Residency Program Curt Rozzele M.D., discuss the latest[…] -
Bentley uses existing research infrastructure to discover new answers for Parkinson’s disease
This year, UAB Neurosurgery Assistant Professor Nicole Bentley, M.D., was awarded an American Parkinson Disease Association grant to research cognitive[…] -
Lepard wins WFNS and Rutgers’ Residents and Fellows Award for best abstract
UAB Neurosurgery Resident Jacob Lepard, M.D. recently won the Residents and Fellows Award for best abstract at the Global Neurosurgery:[…] -
Women neurosurgeons well represented at UAB
Physicians say it is crucial for trainees to have role models and mentors who have shared experiences. -
Bentley and Leavenworth to serve as diversity liaisons, Young as admin coordinator
UAB Department of Neurosurgery Assistant Professors Nicole Bentley, M.D. (left), and Jianmei Wu Leavenworth, M.D., Ph.D. (right), will serve as a diversity[…] -
Save the Date: 2020 Galbraith Scientific Session and Lecture
Save the date for the 37th Annual J. Garber Galbraith, M.D., Scientific Session and Lecture, Friday, November 6, 2020, featuring[…] -
Okor and Snyder receive 2020 Brewer-Heslin Award
Erin Snyder, M.D. and Mamerhi Okor, M.D. are this year’s winners of the highly regarded Brewer-Heslin Award.
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Jones guest on UAB MedCast, discusses treatment of subdural hematoma
UAB Department of Neurosurgery Assistant Professor Jesse Jones, M.D., was a recent guest on UAB MedCast - a medical education[…] -
Liptrap, Lyerly team up to discuss mechanical thrombectomy for stroke
On a new episode of UAB MedCast - a medical education podcast for healthcare professionals, - Department of Neurosurgery Assistant[…] -
Department of Neurosurgery welcomes Harmon
This month, our department welcomed Assistant Professor Daniel K. Harmon, M.D., FAANS. -
Artificial intelligence jump starts clinical trial for rare genetic disease
This is thought to be the first time that information found via artificial intelligence has led to a clinical trial. -
Extra benefit from epilepsy neurostimulators — reducing comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms
Case studies show five people who found better treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms from data collected while patients were at home. -
Recovering trauma patient with an eye toward naval career vows to “use every breath I have to help others”
Cole Burton came back to the UAB Trauma Center to say thanks as his rehab progresses to a possible naval[…] -
UAB study aims to learn more about ‘silent strokes’
Investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Stanford University want to learn more about silent strokes and their[…] -
Rare pituitary tumor no match for UAB sleuths
UAB surgeons removed a rare pituitary gland tumor from a Cullman woman that had defied diagnosis for years. -
New radiation therapy shows promise for treating essential tremor
This new, non-invasive way to deliver radiation has helped one Alabama man complete optometry school and launch his new career. -
UAB patient first in Alabama to get deep brain stimulation for epilepsy
Deep brain stimulation has long been used to treat Parkinson’s disease, and was approved for use in epilepsy late in[…] -
Celebrate Women's History Month with the women who shape UAB
From traveling to Antarctica to publishing children’s books, from taking biology educational tools to India to planting pollinator gardens on[…] -
Apoptotic cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote malignancy of glioblastoma via intercellular transfer of splicing factors
The School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Nakano to gain insights about his research, UAB and the[…] -
Journey through illness inspired Kedarius Ingram to public health degree
Ingram was sick and no one knew the cause, until the right doctors on the right night saved his life. -
UAB joins national emergency trials network
The UAB Department of Surgery has joined the National Institutes of Health SIREN network. SIREN will coordinate and lead high-quality[…] -
UAB Hospital again highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report
UAB Hospital continues to be highly ranked by U.S. News and World Report, and is noted as the No. 1[…] -
A novel anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent inhibits glioblastoma growth and radiation resistance
This potential chemotherapeutic agent to treat glioblastoma — a primary brain tumor with dismal survival rates — is a novel[…] -
Brain tumors: Still devastating, but treatment has come a long way
There will be more than 33,000 brain tumors diagnosed in Americans this year, according to the National Cancer Institute; but[…] -
Faculty projects funded through an AMC21 initiative
Five faculty projects were recently funded through an AMC21 initiative giving NIH-funded investigators incentive to submit a second R01. -
UAB back surgery quality scores top national averages
UAB neurosurgery’s commitment to quality care is reflected in outcomes that beat national averages in key measurements. -
Attractive drug candidate identified to target glioma brain tumors
This rapidly fatal brain cancer has seen only two improvements in therapy in 30 years, and research findings are pointing[…] -
UAB receives prestigious BRAIN Initiative grant for deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease
UAB investigators have won a prestigious White House BRAIN Initiative grant to study the potential benefits of new technology coupled[…] -
Neurosurgery elevated to department status
Effective Oct. 1, 2013, the newly formed Department of Neurosurgery will increase the profile of an internationally renowned program.
