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Understanding seizure mapping and laser ablation surgery

Neurosurgeon Peter Warnke, MD, and neurologist Naoum Issa, MD, PhD, explain how mapping where seizures start in the brain and performing laser ablation surgery can effectively treat some medication-resistant seizures and epilepsy.

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A Q&A with pediatric neurosurgeon Eric Thompson, MD
Mid adult woman in isolation at home during COVID-19
Patients with brain and spine cancer suffer more symptoms when unemployed
A woman picking her skin
New research points to drug option for hair-pulling, skin-picking disorders
Teen is seizure-free after microsurgery to repair cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs)
Image of pediatric epilepsy patient Bailey Harding with her dog
Doctor
New treatment options for people with drug-resistant epilepsy
Edna Teodor and neurosurgeon, Peleg Horowitz, MD, PhD
Complex brain tumor surgery at Silver Cross helps New Lenox grandmother resume active life
Eleven-year-old Zachary Kurek, now seizure-free after laser hemispherectomy, with his mom Amanda Morey
Neurosurgery team performs laser hemispherectomy on child with epilepsy
Tao Xie, MD, PhD
Bringing equity to research and treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Center for Care and Discovery
Silver Cross collaborates with University of Chicago Medicine to expand neuroscience program
Dr. Naoum "Norm" Issa, MD, PhD, performs an exercise during a checkup to examine Kyle Pavlick
Laser ablation surgery gives new dad with epilepsy a hold on life
$10 million gift to support ALS research, educational outreach at local high schools
3d rendered image shown neuromuscular junction, where nerve end splits into several neural end plates on different muscle cells.
Magnetic Resonance Head Scan Images on Computer Monitor While Scanning.
Answers to common questions about epilepsy
Image of provider sharing brain scan results
Rapid loss of smell predicts dementia and smaller brain areas linked to Alzheimer’s
UChicago Medicine campus exterior aerial shot
U.S. News & World Report ranks 10 University of Chicago Medical Center specialties among the best in the country
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