Neurosurgery
Podcast: Cranial Nerve and Brain Stem Disorders
The co-founders of UConn Health's Cranial Nerve and Brain Stem Disorder Program explain how they harnesses an elite combination of experts across multiple specialties to treat the most complicated conditions.
January 28, 2021 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Minute: Understanding Brain Tumors
Cancerous or malignant, brain tumors tend to grow quickly and disrupt the way your body works, and this can be life-threatening. As UConn Health neuro-oncologist Dr. Kevin Becker explains, interdisciplinary collaboration and a patient-centered approach to care is key in identifying brain and spine tumors early and providing the most advanced treatments available.
November 19, 2020 | Carolyn Pennington
A United Fight Against Brain and Spinal Tumors
UConn Health, in collaboration with The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, establishes a brain and spinal tumor board to enhance its unique position to provide precision treatment.
August 19, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
‘Longshot Lenny’ Finds Hope at UConn Health: ‘I Didn’t Want to Die’
He was told he had less than six months to live, and he should get his affairs in order. But Lenny Lewis wasn’t ready to give up, and neither was his team of UConn Health providers.
July 29, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Crisis Averted: Stopping Strokes
UConn Health's nationally-renowned stroke treatment center is always looking for new ways to help patients.
July 15, 2020 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA