Neurology at the Glen

07/20/2025

Attended, learned, and relaxed at Mayo Neurology in Clinical Practice

07/13/2025

On Sunday, June 29, Bahman was standing on top of a chair placing a baby bird that … Zahra Afshari needs your support for Help A Traumatic Brain Injury Father

07/04/2025

This is my cousin and his family a month ago at his daughter's middle school graduation
They live in Glenview
Worst possible trajedy has happened
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On Sunday, June 29, Bahman was standing on top of a chair placing a baby bird that … Zahra Afshari needs your support for Help A Traumatic Brain Injury Father

06/30/2025

I have been going though a hard time, a glimpse of the past that I tried to escape going into private practice and leaving hospital systems. My close family member is in ICU in guarded condition with catastrophic brain bleed. He walked and talked into the hospital with me holding his arms now here we are on a ventilator, with half his scalp removed, with a drain in his brain, and tubes in every or***ce. We are doing everything we could to save him without even knowing if the final outcome would be a meaningful existence. He has two small children. I come here everyday to review his labs and imaging, consultant recommendations, and see his exam praying for a change. He has a neurological issue and I am a Neurologist. I sit in front of his EEG and can see and understand what it shows. I know what it means when they say the corneal reflex is absent and the prognostication implications of that statement. I agree ignorance is bliss. But I am told and repeatedly directed to stay my course, I am a family member and I must entrust their care. I am not a doctor, I am not a Neurologist, I must not ask medical questions of concerns that have any implication that anything is missed or anything more can be done. I am told I am too direct. I am too emotional. I need to caress the egos of these doctors and now primarily PAs and NPs that are in charge. I am told to ask the nurse to ask them any questions I have and if not answered let it go.
No one told me that this is how it was going to be.
I went into medicine to help relieve human sufferring, no one told me I would have to walk on ice in order to do so. You see they twist what you said and did and what they said and did to self-elevate. They hit you while you are down, to accept the fact that the fate of your loved one is in their hands. After-all, when you loved one is in critical situation, the "managing team" is GOD.
Just another reminder of why I left hospital systems and went into private practice. To be allowed to do what I can do to help my patients without being fired.
I am Muslim by birth, but I don't know if there is a God or Allah. He was putting a bird that fell out of its nest back in when he fell and hit his head. I just need to know and need his kids to know that I tried my best. And if all efforts fail I hope there is a greater power that knew that the outcome was not going to be good and did the most humane thing he/she could and allowed him to rest in peace.
My Heart goes out to all family members that have a loved one in the hospital and feel my pain.

04/20/2025

Happy birthday to those who make Neurology at the Glen different, the caring hearts of our future doctors to be Lizbeth Lopez, Kyle Wilson, Hannah Srinivasan

03/28/2025

Number one student making us proud

03/22/2025

Do you remember our graduate Jake who went to med school at Wisconsin Madison
Guess where he is going next?

03/14/2025

In honor of two kind hearted men who lost their lives to two of the most heartless neurological diseases; ALS and Lewy Body Dementia
We will learn from their demise not in vain and help those to come that share their pain

01/16/2025

Dr. Zahra Sara Afshari of Neurology at the Glen has been reviewed and approved as an IL Top Doctor based on merit.

12/05/2024

Limited Time Offer

11/14/2024

Happy Birthday to our Practice Manager Scott Drobny

10/21/2024

Presentation at Illinois Neurological Society by Assistant Lizbeth Lopez
Of the three trainee presenters chosen Lizbeth is a premedical student whereas the
Two others were a 2nd year and 4th year Neurology residents