Stroke specialist Dr. Thomas Grobelny attributes success to education in Poland and unusual life experiences
June 16, 2008
CHICAGO, IL, June 16, 2008 – Thomas Grobelny, M.D., director of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroresearch (CINN) Neurovascular and Stroke Intervention Program, is the only endovascular specialist in the country who is bilingual in Polish and English. Read more
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Fit Today TV on CLTV
February 8, 2008
The physicians of the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago are the medical experts featured on Fit Today TV, a new show hosted by NBC5 Fitness Team member Andrea Metcalf airing Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 8am on CLTV. Each week’s medical segment will highlight various orthopedic and neurosurgical conditions treated at the Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago. Tune in to CLTV to see inspirational stories, fitness tips, nutritional information, recipes, the lastest medical advances and more. Read more
Stroke buster - for some, new treatment can vacuum clots out of the brain
January 28, 2008
By LAURAN NEERGAARD/Associated Press
It’s a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.
Called Penumbra, the newly approved device is the latest in a series of inside-the-artery attempts to boost recovery from stroke, the nation’s No. 3 killer.
Now the question is how to determine which patients are good candidates - because, illogical as it may sound, unclogging isn’t always the best option.
“Is the patient at a stage of stroke where you’re going to hurt them by pulling a clot out, or show benefit?” asks Dr. Walter Koroshetz of the National Institutes of Health. “It’s good we have devices. Now we have to learn how to use them.”
More than 700,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, and more than 150,000 of them die. Survivors often face serious disability. Read more
Software program allows neurosurgeons to understand blood flow using MRI
April 20, 2006
The Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago is one of two sites offering innovative technology
Chicago—January 21, 2006—The Neurologic & Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago now offers a unique test to help determine the normal range of blood flow to the brain in healthy individuals who have risk factors for stroke and aneurysms. Institute doctors who used the who undergo the test gain a better understanding of how blood flow in the brain is affected by stroke, aneurysm and other cerebrovascular disorders, some of the most debilitating and deadly diseases society faces. In fact, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States, causing approximately 150,000 deaths per year.
The test is called non-invasive optimal vessel analysis (NOVA) from VasSol, Inc. NOVA is the first technology to allow physicians to quantify blood flow in vessels non-invasively. Read more
