Neurology
Communication Clears Cultural Hurdles
UConn Health’s bilingual medical assistants help address social determinants of health
October 1, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Multidisciplinary Collaboration Delivers Healthy Baby for 28-year-old Pregnant Stroke Patient Found to Have Cardiac Defect
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYN, Cardiology and Neurology multidisciplinary specialties collaborate to help a young, pregnant stroke patient deliver a healthy baby
September 19, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
UConn John Dempsey Hospital is Nationally Recognized Once Again for its High-Quality Stroke and Heart Attack Care
UConn John Dempsey Hospital earns Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Plus” designation and Mission: Lifeline®-STEMI Receiving Center – Gold award from the American Heart Association for the eighth and tenth consecutive years.
July 17, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
Podcast: BEFAST to Save Brain From Stroke
3 experts from UConn Health's Stroke Center on recognizing, reacting to, treating, and recovering from stroke
June 10, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Revolutionizing Nerve Damage Treatment
For UConn Professor Sangamesh Kumbar, peripheral nerve regeneration could hold the key to a new future in injury treatment and pain management.
June 7, 2024 | Robert Muirhead, for the OVPR
UConn Health Celebrates Opening of The Brain and Spine Institute
Comprehensive spine care, cranial neurosurgery, neurology, and imaging all at 5 Munson Road
May 29, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
First in Connecticut: Ischemic Stroke Survivors Have Renewed Hope with the Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device Now Available at UConn Health
Dr. Christopher Connor, neurosurgeon at UConn Health’s Brain and Spine Institute was the first to use the MicroTransponder®, Inc.’s Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System, an FDA-approved, breakthrough technology for stroke survivors experiencing ongoing hand and arm impairment
May 9, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
Miracle Outcome for Patient’s Life-Threatening Stroke
The multidisciplinary team at UConn Health has great expertise in the microsurgical management of aneurysms and endovascular management, which saved the life of Christine Skelly from a life-threatening emergency.
May 8, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
Deep Brain Stimulation Changing the Quality of Life for those with Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Christopher Conner is now performing deep brain stimulation to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease at UConn Health.
May 2, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
The Brain and Spine Institute Opens at UConn Health
The 5 Munson Road building in Farmington is the new home for the growing Institute’s neurology, cranial neurosurgery, and comprehensive spine care, and UConn Health Imaging
April 29, 2024 | Lauren Woods