Penn State Health and Geisinger Holy Spirit are working together to expand access to high-level neurosurgical care for people in the West Shore region. The organizations have signed a physician services agreement that calls for Penn State Health neurosurgeons and advanced practice providers to provide clinical and surgical care to patients at Geisinger Holy Spirit.
The next generation of neurologists and researchers learned how to treat brain diseases at the USA National Brain Bee Championship, hosted by Penn State College of Medicine from April 12-14.
A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward grant will allow Penn State’s Steven Schiff and team to explore a radically changed approach to predicting, preventing and treating infectious disease at the individual level at point-of-care. This venture provides the researchers an opportunity to explore a new way of addressing critical unmet needs, especially in the developing world.
Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named a senior vice president of Penn State Health Medical Group. Dr. Krish Sathian, chair of the Department of Neurology and professor of neurology, neural and behavioral sciences, and psychology, assumed leadership of the Neuroscience Institute, effective July 1.
The Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently hosted the 109th annual meeting of the Society of Neurological Surgeons, the world’s oldest neurosurgical professional organization.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons has named Dr. Shelly D. Timmons of Penn State Health as president. It also presented Dr. Robert Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State Health, with the Distinguished Service Award.
Brains that suffer injuries can adjust in remarkable ways and create connections between injured areas that are better and stronger. However, those new connections may be less efficient and, in the end, more costly to maintain. These "hyperconnections" could increase the likelihood of problems, such as Alzheimer's Disease, developing later in life. Studying hyperconnections underscores the importance of brain protection and could one day lead to treatments for brain impairments.
The team at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has upgraded to the newest technology in cranial radiosurgery, enhancing its abilities to target brain tumors and functional disorders.
Although neurofibromatosis (NF) is not commonly discussed, it affects more than 2 million people worldwide. According to the Children’s Tumor Foundation, NF is more common than cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington’s disease combined.
An MRI contrast agent that can pass through the blood-brain barrier will allow doctors to detect deadly brain tumors called gliomas earlier, say Penn State College of Medicine researchers. This ability opens the door to make this fatal cancer treatable.
Parkinson’s disease isn’t the kind of affliction that will kill most people. Instead, it creeps up slowly and progressively destroys the quality of life of those who develop it.
Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh was named president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons at its annual meeting June 8.
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has been ranked in six specialties – its most ever – in U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
Images from Dr. Fick's operating room at Mount Nittany Medical Center.
Precision is crucial for James Fick, an esteemed neurosurgeon from the nationally ranked Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Institute. Fick frequently operates within millimeters of the delicate nerves in his patient’s brains and spinal cords and employs a unique combination of specialized technology to safeguard his patients during surgery.
