Mayfield physicians and providers continued to showcase their national leadership in neurosurgical academic research in 2023, increasing the number of national presentations to 27 and offering original research at the discipline’s leading
Read moreMayfield investing in growing research program
Mayfield will ramp up investments in our growing research program in 2021, fueled by expanded clinical trials, additional laboratory programs and increased access to outcomes data. The resources to support research and
Read moreA nurse practitioner maps an expedited path to improved spine care
A nurse practitioner’s passion for improving patient outcomes could lead to a change in the way neurosurgical patients are treated. Jody Miniard, DNP, a nurse practitioner at Mayfield Brain & Spine and
Read moreAn aggressive brain tumor comes into molecular focus
Fifty years ago the median survival for an individual diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, the aggressive brain cancer, was 7 months. Today it is 15 months.
Read moreAn artist is honored for illuminating medicine
Turn to almost any patient education page on the Mayfield Brain & Spine website and you will see her artistic footprint. Open a neurosurgical journal, and you may see her work there,
Read moreFinal moments: understanding the neurobiology of dying
A new study furthers research on “brain tsunamis” and provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. This innovative research received partial funding from the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation, the United States government,
Read moreMayfield neurosurgeons already meeting new guidelines for emergency stroke care
New guidelines for emergency stroke treatment issued yesterday are already benefiting patients at the TriHealth Neuroscience Institute, where Andy Ringer, MD, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield Brain & Spine, is Chief of Neurosciences.
Read moreMayfield Foundation researcher is editor for groundbreaking issue on brain tsunamis
By Mary Kemper For the first time in its 75 years of research, the topic of spreading depolarization has received its own special issue in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &
Read moreA master of the skull base works with skill, knowledge and humility
The bottom part of the brain – the area from your ears and nose to the base of your skull – is a labyrinth of passageways, cranial nerves, and arteries. Few understand
Read moreRadiotherapy: Today’s technology fueling the Cancer Moonshot of tomorrow
What if a technology that already helps patients could also help the United States achieve the “Cancer Moonshot” launched by former Vice President Joe Biden? Ronald Warnick, MD, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield
Read moreNew life for Celebrex (and arthritis sufferers) after clinical trial
By Donald Carruthers, MD The results of the PRECISION trial (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Celecoxib Integrated Safety vs. Ibuprofen Or Naproxen) warrant a reevaluation of prescribing habits for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Read moreMayfield Lecturer James Rutka, MD, PhD: New hope for treating brainstem tumor DIPG
James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, the R.S. McLaughlin Professor & Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery, on Friday gave a
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