'Go to, can do' surgical nurse makes things happen for patients
Coogan recalls the story of a patient who asked to change a follow-up appointment with her surgeon so she could attend an important family event.
Removing epidermoid brain stem tumor gets professor back in the classroom
When doctors told Joseph Balogun he had a tumor on his brain stem and needed surgery, he considered his options carefully. Balogun, 62, a distinguished university professor of biostatistics, research methods, alternative health care and physical therapy at Chicago State University, wanted the best surgeon he could find. He asked his sister-in-law, Titilayo Abiona, MD, a primary care physician and clinical instructor at the University of Chicago Medicine, for help, and she recommended Peter Warnke, MD.