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Streamlining brain surgery during COVID-19
July 29, 2021

Streamlining Brain Tumor Surgery Care During the Pandemic

by Guest Author

During COVID-19, Pacific Neuroscience Institute sets new standard of safe, efficient, high quality minimally invasive brain tumor surgery. Find out more.

July 21, 2021

Preventing Falls and Tragedies that Come with Them | Dr. William Buxton

by Anthony Effinger

“I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up.” That line is the source of countless jokes on late night television, but in real life, it’s anything but funny. One in three people over 65 fall each year. Those falls often lead to broken hips, and a quarter of elderly people who suffer a hip fracture die within a year, says Dr. William Buxton, a neurologist at PNI who specializes in preventing falls in people who are prone to them.

Dr. Walavan Sivakumar with AVM patient Malia
July 14, 2021

Patient Story: Malia’s Brain AVM Changed the Course of her Life

by Robin Banuelos

MEET MALIA Malia’s life changed in 2017 while on a college tour with her mother in Seattle, Washington. They were preparing for her next chapter in life as a 17-year-old junior in high school. This is a time when parents hope their healthy children can...

doctors performing a surgery
July 8, 2021

Achieving Better Outcomes in Endoscopic Pituitary Adenoma Surgery

by PNI Experts

Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John’s Strives to Set a New Standard in Landmark 10-year Study in over 500 Patients with Focus on Complication Avoidance. Findings published in this month’s “Pituitary” journal SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 8, 2021— Intense focus on avoiding complications in...

What is chronic sinusitis?
July 6, 2021

What is Chronic Sinusitis?

by Abbas Anwar

Chronic sinusitis is the persistent inflammation of your paranasal sinuses that lasts for 3 months or longer. Find out what you can do about it.

Glioblastoma and COVID-19
July 1, 2021

Glioblastoma at the Time of COVID-19

by Akanksha Sharma

In February 2020, a beautiful and energetic young woman in her late 30s gave birth to her second child. In the week and months after, the world changed around her. Inside, she felt strange too – exhausted, moody, very irritable, forgetful all the time. Maybe...

Last updated: July 2nd, 2021