Posts Tagged ‘Inova Neurosurgery’
Injured Your Back? Dos and Don’ts for a Quick Recovery
Angela Santini, MD is board certified in orthopedic surgery and fellowship trained in spinal surgery. She is a member of the Inova Spine Program with privileges at Inova Loudoun Hospital, which has earned the Gold Seal of Approval® from The Joint Commission for spine surgery. Dr. Santini serves as Chief Medical Director of Virginia Spine…
Read MoreNew Brain Tumor Treatments Offer Hope
Mateo Ziu, MD, MBA, is a board-certified neurosurgeon. He is the medical director of the Inova Brain and Spine Tumor Program. As a neurosurgeon with specialized training in tumors of the brain and spine, I see many patients with hard-to-treat brain tumors. It’s always a balancing act to remove tumors while protecting vital brain tissue.…
Read MoreBack on Track After Life-Threatening Stroke
Runner resumes sport after recovering from bleeding brain aneurysm When Brooke Sydnor Curran, then 50, finished the 43rd Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC, last fall, it was a crisp October afternoon and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Her husband and three daughters were cheering her on and, like the previous 116 marathons she…
Read MoreInova Neuroscience and Spine Institute Incorporates Next Generation of Surgery
FALLS CHURCH, VA– An estimated 700,000 Americans are living with a brain tumor with another nearly 90,000 receiving that news this year. According to the National Brain Tumor Society, the average survival rate for malignant brain tumor patients is only 35 percent. In an effort to beat those odds, the Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute…
Read MoreComprehensive trauma care: Neurosurgeon enjoys all aspects of work with patients
Nilesh Vyas, MD, Associate Chair for Neurosurgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital (IFH), fully appreciates the efforts made nationally by leaders in medical trauma services. “We’ve made improvements by raising awareness and using various mechanisms,” he says, citing the advent of National Trauma Awareness Month in May. “In the ’80s cars got safer. In the…
Read MoreGardening Pains: Prevent Back Injury When Doing Yardwork
Ali Moshirfar, MD, is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery. He is a member of the Inova Neuroscience and Spine Institute and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of spine surgery at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Tina Poore, MSHA, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and manager of acute care rehabilitation and the joint/spine service lines…
Read MoreFormer Inova Doctor Receives First Brain Surgery at Inova Loudoun Hospital
Brains at Work This former Inova physician was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and received life-altering brain surgery at Inova Loudoun Hospital To say that Gregory Bentz, MD, PhD, was in great health at age 67 is an understatement. An avid runner, the retired Inova physician spent his days training for his 10th marathon. That…
Read MoreParkinson’s patient shows inspiring improvement with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment
Regaining Control Deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure provides new hope by keeping Parkinson’s symptoms in check For Bachir Flih (pronounced “Flee”), the symptoms happened out of the blue: a tremor in his right index finger accompanied by fatigue that lasted throughout the day. With a busy job as the dining service manager for a retirement…
Read MoreInova Begins Era of MRI-guided Neurosurgery with Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulator
Mahesh Shenai, MD, MBA, is a specialty care physician at the Inova Movement Disorders Program at the Inova Neuroscience & Spine Institute. He has a special interest in functional and restorative neurosurgery. Read Dr. Shenai’s profile. Last week, for the first time at the Inova Health System, we performed brain surgery inside the MRI scanner…
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