UC San Diego Neurosurgery

09/17/2013

Please join us in our fundraising effort for Brain Tumor Research for San Diego as Dr. Bob Carter goes 'Over the Edge'!! http://bit.ly/165VjUM

Welcome to my personal "edger" page! As many of you know, almost every day I work with brain tumor patients and their families at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego. For me, it's been a privilege and

09/03/2013

Dr. Clark Chen of UC San Diego Neurosurgery talks about his experience delivering intra-tumoral gene therapy using the Tocagen retrovirus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiX_ihqmyI8

The Phase I clinical trial described in this video relates to an investigational combination product (Toca 511 & Toca FC). An investigational product is one ...

07/20/2013

Each week, UCSD Neurosurgery meets for 'grand rounds', an opportunity for continuing medical education. This week we were fortunate to have Dr. Richard Ostrup, noted neurosurgeon in the San Diego community. Dr. David Barba (left) and Dr. Ostrup (right) were the first two neurosurgical residents trained in the UCSD neurosurgery residency program. We are very proud of our graduates and their longstanding contributions to the San Diego community!

03/15/2013

http://neurosurgery.ucsd.edu/latest-news/2013/3/14/ucsd-neurosurgery-matches-2013-residents.html Welcome to Drs. David Santiago-Dieppa and Jeffrey Steinberg.

UCSD Neurosurgery matched two outstanding candidates into the Neurosurgical residency program toda...

02/12/2013

Innovations in Stroke Treatment with Dr. Alex Khalessi. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/stroke-treatment-UCSD-brain-TPA/

Every year, more than 750, 000 Americans suffer from a stroke or what some call a “brain attack.” Strokes occur from a lack of blood flow to the brain, known as an ischemic stroke, or from bleeding within the brain, known as a hemorrhagic stroke.

02/12/2013

Google Scholar, highlighting Dr. Bob Carter, Chief of Neurosurgery at UCSD, http://scholar.google.com/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=enEZ0ZUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

02/12/2013

Dr. Justin Brown's work on Selective Neurotomy highlighted. Restoring the ability to walk.... http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/feb/08/san-diego-surgeon-helps-people-paralysis-regain-mo/

A unique type of neurosurgery offers hope to patients with spinal cord injuries.

12/08/2012

Kudos to our stroke team. Great news for patients in San Diego. See quote from Dr. Alex Khalessi, Director of Endovascular NS. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/07/tp-ucsd-makes-list-of-top-stroke-centers/

UCSD Medical Center is one of seven hospitals in the nation to receive the new and much-coveted designation of comprehensive stroke center.

11/26/2012

A visit to the famed Tokyo Women's Hospital with Dr. Yoshihiro Muragaki's glioma surgery team.

09/25/2012

Cannon Design Helps Build OR of the Future at UCSD

UCSD is building a new medical center tower, the "Jacobs Medical Center" which will have...

09/20/2012

Dr. Alex Khalessi discusses stroke in young people. http://www.kusi.com/video?clipId=7707561&autostart=true

09/20/2012

Dr. Justin Brown highlighted on his work in peripheral nerve restoration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDELsUozuYU&feature=plcp

Brian Levett, a promising football player from San Diego, was left with a severe limp after a sports injury. UC San Diego Health System's Dr. Justin Brown ga...

09/01/2012

New Publication from the CTAN Lab! on the power of combining anti-angiogenic therapy with radiation and chemotherapy for the treatment of brain tumors.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22875706

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

06/25/2012

Dr. David Barba and PGY 4 Matt McDougall along with Thornton Chief Resident Dawn Waters enjoy a light moment in resident didactics.

06/25/2012

June 15,2012 Dr. Jayant Menon appointed as Hillcrest Service Chief resident. Dr. Menon was also recently accepted as a Functional Neurosurgery fellow for 2012 at Stanford.

06/25/2012

Friday June 22, 2012- Dr. Clark Chen and Dr. Navaz Karanjia. Dr. Karanjia, Director of NeuroCriticql Care at UCSD spoke on the evolution of the neurocritical care at UCSD and new guidelines for the management of SAH from the American Heart Association.

05/22/2012

Great visit by UCSD Neurosurgery to http://www.innn.salud.gob.mx/ this past week. An outstanding Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico City.

Sitio Oficial del Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía

05/16/2012

Press Release on Dr. Justin Brown's program on Nerve Restoration in the setting of quadriplegia is highlighted. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/san-diego-based-neurosurgeon-offers-groundbreaking-treatment-to-restore-function-for-people-suffering-from-mobility-inhibiting-paralysis-2012-05-15