Items Tagged ‘Cerebrovascular Center’
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Dr. Lavine Directing Courses Throughout the Country
Dr. Sean Lavine, on both our Endovascular Center and Cerebrovascular Center teams, has recently been throughout the country directing courses and serving as a faculty instructor for neurosurgeons, neurologists, and radiologists interested in learning the techniques of neuroendovascular...
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 by Department Author In Aneurysms, Arteriovenous Malformations, Brain Tumors, Cerebrovascular, Cerebrovascular News, Endovascular News, News -
Connolly Elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation
Congratulations to Dr. E. Sander Connolly Jr. from the Cerebrovascular Center for his recent induction into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). In existence for 102 years, the ASCI remains one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies in medicine. The ASCI...
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 by Department Author In Cerebrovascular Featured, Featured -
New Study finds Little Risk and Much Benefit in "Gluing" Blood Vessels Before Surgery
A Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) is a rare tangle of blood vessels in the brain that carries a high risk of hemorrhaging. Brain surgeons have found that "gluing" or blocking off the blood supply to these malformations before surgery cuts down on blood loss and patients do better....
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 by Department Author In Arteriovenous Malformations, Blog, Cerebrovascular Blog, Dr. Solomon, Endovascular Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Uncategorized -
A Protein in the Blood May be a Clue to Arteriovenous Malformations in the Brain

Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) are a rare but potentially deadly tangle of blood vessels that can form in the brain. Their cause is not completely understood but for some time now, scientists have suspected that there is a link between these formations and a specific protein called Vascular...
Posted on Jan 5, 2010 by Department Author In Arteriovenous Malformations, Blog, Cerebrovascular, Cerebrovascular Blog, Dr. Solomon -
Galbraith Award Given to New York Aneurysm Study
Lead author Dr. Brad Zacharia with Dr. E. Sander Connolly from the Cerebrovascular Center and colleagues received the Galbraith Award at this year's annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) for their study of the treatment of brain aneurysms in the State of New York. An...
Posted on Dec 15, 2009 by Department Author In Aneurysms, Cerebrovascular Featured, News