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Research shows that a new drug helps to preserve brain cells for a time after stroke. University of Calgary-led international study reports promising results for neuroprotection by combining endovascular therapy with nerinetide.  In February 2020, the University of Calgary released the results of a multi-center,...

As a geriatrician—a physician specializing in the care of older people—focused on addressing cognitive issues, it is exciting to know how many things we can do to improve brain health. Plus, many of these steps can be taken, one at a time, in just a...

Read this heartfelt patient story from patient, Christina, who was misdiagnosed twice elsewhere before receiving the appropriate diagnosis of Schwannoma from Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian, neurosurgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute and Associate Professor at Saint John’s Cancer Institute (formerly Saint John’s Cancer Institute, JWCI). Schwannomas are...

Dr. Araque is a Godsend! I have been a panhypopituitarism patient for 40 years when I was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of five. The surgery went better than expected, and so did the follow up care, until I became an adult....

Twenty three year old Chris, a Los Angeles native, came in to see Chester Griffiths, MD, at the Pacific Eye, Ear & Skull Base Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, for chronic sinus issues along with a deviated septum. After meeting with Dr. Griffiths and his...

On a Saturday afternoon of April, 2014, the 12th exactly, I was ready to do some errands while giving a phone call to our real estate agent that lasted for a while. My husband, as a film director, was gone for months shooting abroad. Victor, our youngest...

I told Dr. Barkhoudarian this week, after my 9 month MRI that we had just remodeled our entire home and decided that brain surgery was easier! -Susan B., Clearwater, FL My diagnosis came out of the blue. One day I was fine, the next I...

I met with Dr. Pejman Cohan and Dr. Chester Griffiths.  Every step along the way I knew I was where I was supposed to be, in the hands of this amazing medical team and their knowledgeable and experienced care. My gratitude towards Dr. Kelly and...

On the day of the surgery, everyone I came into contact with inside the hospital had something good to say about Dr. Kelly. It didn’t matter what floor or which department I was in, everyone knew who he was, and that made me feel confident....

The surgery was a success and I am sincerely grateful to Dr. Kelly, Dr. Griffiths and his entire staff and the employees at the Saint John’s Health Center Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorder Center. I feel everyone there did something extra to make my experience...