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Category: Patient Perspectives

November 21, 2019

Patient Story: Love’s Meningioma Surgery

Find out more about how an international patient's trip to PNI saved both her life, and the life of her unborn child.
June 10, 2019

Patient Story: Paying It Forward

Inspired by his ambulatory surgery center and care from Dr. Chester Griffiths, a patient pays it forward in his community.
December 25, 2018

The Gift Of Beauty: All Aboard The Beauty Bus!

Learn more about the Beauty Bus Foundation, an organization delivering in-home and in-hospital beauty and grooming services to oncology pati…
October 12, 2018

Gary Busey Puts His Faith In Top ENT Surgeon Dr. Chester Griffiths

Learn more about actor and comedian Gary Busey’s minimally-invasive endoscopic-assisted endonasal surgery performed by Dr. Chester Griffit…
October 1, 2018

Dealing with Hemifacial Spasm

Learn more about Hemifacial spasm, a medical condition characterized by involuntary twitching of facial expression muscles affecting one sid…
March 8, 2018

Neurosurgery Over The Shanghai Airwaves

Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s neurosurgery educational partnership exchange with Fudan University in Shanghai, China moves to the next …
December 29, 2017

A New Beginning: Patient with Hemifacial Spasm Finds Relief after 30 Years

A French horn player's hemifacial spasms were interfering with his life for over 30 years. Find out how treatment at Pacific Neuroscience In…
December 25, 2017

When a Fall Turns Into a Race Against Time

What started as a normal night quickly turned into a race against time. Read how a small fall landed a retired nurse in the OR for emergency…
May 19, 2017

PATIENT STORY: A Subdural Hematoma Strikes

Read about the experience one patient had with neurosurgeon Garni Barkhoudarian, MD after suffering from a subdural hematoma, or bleeding ou…
February 21, 2017

PATIENT STORY: A Moyamoya Experience

See how with help from the experts at PNI, Joanna successfully overcame Moyamoya disease, a rare condition caused by blockage of blood vesse…