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Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy at Emory Brain Health Center
Emory Brain Health Center was the first in the nation to use deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat a patient with medically refractory, or drug-resistant, epilepsy when it was commercially approved in 2018. The minimally invasive procedure ...
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Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Collaborating for Improved Outcomes
Established in 2013, Emory’s Liver Tumor Clinic brings practitioners from multiple disciplines together to evaluate, confer and develop treatment plans for combatting hepatocellular carcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
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Transforming Advanced Heart and Lung Failure Care
Since the arrival of Mani Daneshmand, MD to Emory Healthcare from Duke University Medical Center, transformational changes have been made to Emory’s heart and lung failure and transplant programs. Heart and lung transplant, mechanical ...
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Proton Therapy Radiation Benefits Woman with Rhabdomyosarcoma
In the spring of 2018, a 55-year-old woman presented to her doctor with symptoms of sinus infection and numbness in the side of her face and lip. Based on a presumed diagnosis of chronic sinusitis, she underwent sinus surgery. Pathology ...
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Emory Neurosurgery First in Southeast to Use WEB® Device to Treat Aneurysm
For Emory Brain Health Center’s neuroendovascular team – consisting of neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, vascular neurologists , neurointensivists, along with radiology technicians, PAs, APRNs, and RNs – this procedure was at the same ...
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Winship at Emory’s Team Approach to Lung Cancer Care
In 2015, during a routine chest X-ray, a visible mass was noted in the upper left lobe of a previously healthy 55-year-old woman. At Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, a CT scan revealed a 2-cm nodule. In the first of what would ...