The Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery was established to honor an AANS member for technical prowess and skill and/or innovation in the development of new procedures which have become part of the arsenal neurosurgeons use to treat disease or trauma. The award is one of the highest recognitions bestowed upon [...]
12 runners from the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System Neurosurgery ICU Medical Staff will be participating in the Ragnar Relay for Recovery on June 6 and 7.
Dr. F. Charbel Named Inaugural Recipient of the Dr. Richard L. and Gertrude W. Fruin Professorship
Inaugural Winter Neurosurgical Forum January 30-February 3, 2017 Program Contact Brittany for more information Brittany Laschober laschobe@uic.edu
Lockport woman, brain aneurysm survivor, pays it forward Read full story
Each year, when the National Science Foundation (NSF) sends its budget request to Congress, it includes about a dozen research "nuggets:" short descriptions of the very best NSF-funded research results across all the areas of science and engineering. This year CAVE2, a highly novel large-scale virtual environment developed by the UIC Computer Science Department's Electronic [...]
Novocure(TM) Certifies Eight Additional Clinical Centers of Excellence to Treat Most Common Brain Tumor with Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) Therapy (link to online article)
Brain Aneurysm Awareness has gained momentum in Illinois (link to online article)
Novocure Treatment for Glioblastoma (link to video)
This revolutionary device is the first stimulator to automatically adapt to a patient's posture to deliver consistent stimulation therapy. (Medtronic's News Release for AdaptivestimTM with RestoresensorTM - pdf)