Spring

In Short

Dr. Aquilla Turk (front left) in the angiography suite

Stent Retrievers

Aspiration as good as stent retrievers for large-vessel clots. An interview with a principal investigator for the COMPASS trial

Striking a Nerve

Treatment reverses pediatric complications of botox therapy

The long arms of pericytes (shown in red) appear draped over capillaries in the brain (shown in blue). Image courtesy of Dr. Andy Shih.

Mystery Cells

Pericytes and brain plasticity

Features

New Stroke Guidelines

An interview with Dr. Edward C. Jauch, one of the guidelines' authors

ZIAN Founder Dr Sunil Patel (left) and ZIAN CEO Mark Semler (right)

A Bold Experiment

Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences brings together the worlds of engineering & medicine to speed the translation of innovative technology

Pineal Cysts

MUSC Health Neurosurgeon identifies a novel constellation of symptoms that resolve upon excision of pineal cysts or cytomas

Retuning the Brain

Minimally invasive therapies provide good seizure control for patients with medication-refractory focal epilepsy

Language Lost & Found

New language discoveries inform therapies for aphasia after stroke

Restoring Poetry to Motion

Deep brain stimulation for the Treatment of Movement Disorders

Progressnotes CME Articles

Progressnotes is pleased to offer continuing education opportunities in an effort to meet the educational needs of our audience of health care professionals and to address the health care challenges of South Carolina, particularly its high burden of chronic illness. Each issue of Progressnotes, with the exception of the Year in Review, will offer one CME-eligible article. Read additional CME-eligible articles from past issues here.

This Issue's CME Article: Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Movement Disorders

Welcome

New Chief Physician Executive

MUSC Health Welcomes Dr. Eugene Hong as New Chief Physician Executive

New Physicians

New physicians from the Spring 2018 version of Progressnotes.