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Spine & Back

Spinal Tumor Care at Rush With John O'Toole, MD

Rounding at Rush welcomes John O’Toole, MD, to the show to discuss spinal tumor care at Rush University Medical Center. Rush is known for its use of minimally invasive procedures, interdisciplinary nature that streamlines care and success in creating better quality of life outcomes for its patients.

Listen now to a podcast about spinal tumor care from RUSH expert John O'Toole, MD.

Brain Health & Conditions

Advanced Stroke Care at Rush with Michael Chen, MD

Michael Chen, MD, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery and radiology at Rush University Medical Center, discusses the ways Rush is efficiently diagnosing stroke, how it is differentiating actual cases of large vessel occlusion stroke with false positives and how Rush handles the benefits and challenges of using thrombectomy.

Listen now to a podcast about advanced stroke care from RUSH expert Michael Chen, MD.

Heart Health

Cardiac PET Perfusion at Rush with Rupa Sanghani, MD

Dr. Rupa Sanghani, a cardiologist in the Rush University System for Health, discusses the ways Rush incorporates cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion in its complement of cardiac diagnostics and care, the benefits of using it and when cardiac PET should be implemented.

Listen now to a podcast about cardiac PET perfusion from RUSH expert Rupa Sanghani, MD.

Patient Stories

Marty’s Story: Life After Surgery for a Rare Skull Tumor

Indiana man turned to RUSH skull base surgery team to remove rare chordoma

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.

Listen now to a podcast about deep brain stimulation care from RUSH expert Neepa Patel, MD.

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.

Listen now to a podcast about Rush’s use of 3-D printed models and hybrid cold plasma in orthopedic oncology from RUSH expert Steven Gitelis, MD.

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.