Contact: Marianne Kunnen-Jones (513) 556-2019 [email protected] Two donors have received a presidential surprise in return for their commitment to elevating the University of Cincinnati’s research and care in Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological diseases. Interim President Beverly J. Davenport presented the President’s Award for Excellence to Peggy and Gary Johns, longtime members of the UC…
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Contact: Alison Sampson (513) 558-4559 [email protected] Since 2014, the University of Cincinnati has been home to StrokeNet, the national coordinating center for all stroke trials within the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) network, which funds clinical trials and research studies to advance acute stroke treatment, stroke prevention and recovery and rehabilitation following…
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Contact: Caitlin Whitehurst (513) 556-4395 [email protected] CINCINNATI –The University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, a leading treatment, research and teaching center for complex neurological and psychiatric conditions, becomes the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, effective today. The new name honors the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Foundation for its tremendous financial support of…
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Contact: Alison Sampson (513) 558-4559 [email protected] For the third year, University of Cincinnati Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according…
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Contact: Alison Sampson (513) 558-4559 [email protected] For the third year, University of Cincinnati Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according…
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Contact: Katie Pence (513) 558-4561 [email protected] CINCINNATI—Radiological imaging is being used more often to evaluate stroke diagnosis and outcomes, with penumbra, or tissue that is at risk of progressing to dead tissue but is still salvageable if blood flow is returned, as a potential target for therapy. However, there have been few studies about what…
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Contact: Katie Pence (513) 558-4561 [email protected] CINCINNATI—A person is admitted to the hospital with a stroke, but not much is known about whether or not that patient will undergo neuroimaging. A team led by Achala Vagal, MD, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and a UC Health radiologist, wanted to see…
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Media Contact: Caitlin Whitehurst (513) 556-4395 [email protected] CINCINNATI–JR Verkamp never had the chance to meet his mother-in-law – she passed away after suffering a stroke in 1997. He never had a chance to meet her, but his philanthropic efforts as a trustee at the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation will preserve her memory and…
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Contact: Cedric Ricks (513) 558-4657 [email protected] CINCINNATI—A University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher, in collaboration with other investigators, has found that ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients who suffer from acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring dialysis have higher death rates and greater odds of entering long-term care or nursing facilities after hospitalization. The study was published online…
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(513) 558-4559 [email protected] CINCINNATI—The University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center has been recertified by the Joint Commission as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, a level of certification reserved for institutions with specific abilities to receive and treat the most complex stroke cases. UC Medical Center is home to the UC Neuroscience Institute, one of four…
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In treating a stroke, time is brain. Because treatment must be administered within 3 to 4 ½ hours to be eff ective, one of the first things a doctor or EMT must do is determine the moment when the stroke...
When 33-year-old high energy mother Renee Young became ill with the flu in November 2007, the last thing she expected was she was about to suffer a stroke. But that was exactly what happened. As she tried to swallow medication...
Almost three years ago, Richard “Dick” Watson, MD, found himself in an unfamiliar position for a doctor: lying on the operating table instead of standing over it. He didn’t know it at the time, but it was the beginning of...
Jeff’s remarkable story has two parts: recovery and reconstruction. He doesn’t remember the first part -- the recovery from a ruptured aneurysm. But he vividly remembers the second part -- the reconstruction of his airway. He is living the followup to...
In November of 2004, Zettie Williams confronted what neurologists consider one of the most feared consequences of stroke. When a therapist showed her a photograph of her son, she knew she was looking at her son, but she couldn’t say...
