Stories with tag: "Podcasts"
Brain Health & Conditions
Deep Brain Stimulation Care at Rush with Neepa Patel, MD
Neepa Patel, MD is a neurologist in the Rush University System for Health and the director for the Movement Disorder Interventional Program in the Department of Neurological Sciences. Her interests include improving the quality and delivery of care for patients receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS) and education to improve the utilization of new therapies in movement disorders.
Cancer
Rush’s Use of 3-D Printed Models and Hybrid Cold Plasma in Orthopedic Oncology with Steven Gitelis, MD
The Rush Cancer Center has a deep commitment to accelerating innovations that bring cutting edge research to the bedside. Two examples of those innovations that Steven Gitelis, MD, and Rush have an active role in developing are 3-D printed models, which can help to preserve healthy tissue when treating benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors, and hybrid cold plasma, which can help stop the recurrence of cancer after surgery.
Brain Health & Conditions
Comprehensive Stroke Care at Rush with Rima Dafer, MD
Rima Dafer, MD, is a vascular neurologist and the director of the Comprehensive Outpatient Cerebrovascular Diseases Clinic at Rush University Medical Center. She has been a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials in acute stroke intervention and secondary stroke prevention. Her clinical interests center around stroke occurrence in young adults and the association of stroke and atrial fibrillation.
Cancer
The DRAGON Trials: Next Generation Liver Cancer Care with Erik Schadde, MD
Erik Schadde, MD, FACS, FEBS (HPB), a transplant surgeon at RUSH University Medical Center, spearheaded the creation of the DRAGON trials - large, multicenter, international trials that are evaluating the use of combined portal and hepatic vein, or double vein, embolization, to treat advanced liver cancer and metastases.
Cancer
Vascular and Interventional Radiology Cancer Care at Rush with Jordan Tasse, MD
Jordan Tasse, MD, an interventional radiologist at Rush University Medical Center, profiles the cutting edge procedures performed through interventional radiology care at Rush.
Heart Health
Rush’s Multidisciplinary Approach in Treating Polyvascular Disease with Faisal Hasan, MD
Faisal Hasan, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is the Clinical Division Chief of Cardiology at Rush University Medical Center and the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Service Line at Rush. His recent work has focused on investigating outcomes in patients who present with myocardial infarction and have coexisting polyvascular disease.
Cancer
Breast Cancer Treatment and Surgical Reconstruction at Rush with Rosalinda Alvarado, MD, and Deana Shenaq, MD
Rosalinda Alvarado, MD, and Deana Shenaq, MD, are part of Rush's high-volume program for breast cancer treatment and reconstruction, which incorporates a multidisciplinary approach that involves plastic surgery, surgical oncology and medical oncology teams.