Northwestern Department of Neurological Surgery

This Saturday was the *TENTH ANNIVERSARY* of the annual Laugh Your Face Off comedy fundraiser for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain! Huge kudos to Amy and Pat Tomasulo for helping raise funds and awareness, year after year, for this rare but debilitating disease 💪💪.Team Northwestern Medicine remains a proud partner in this journey, and we look forward to working together to help better understand facial pain and expand treatment options for our patients. Joshua Rosenow Bill McCarthy, MHSA Sarah Taylor Anne Gelfer Katherine Nolan, MBA Rachel Marquell Trisha Raetz Valerie Musolf Shaylee Heckler Gitana Cartwright Evlien Khamis Lauren Andersen, DPT, MS-HSM, NCS #facialpain #hospital #healthcare #fundraiser #comedy #trigeminalneuralgia #ticdouloureux #facialpain #pain #rhizotomy #MVD #gammaknife #radiosurgery #neurosurgery #microvasculardecompression #research #fundraising #greatcause

Welcoming Dr. Trybula to Northwestern Medicine Neurosurgery!! Few things rival the joy in seeing one of your residents grow over 7 years...and then join you as a partner and faculty member 👏 👏 💪 💪 Northwestern Medicine Northwestern Department of Neurological Surgery Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine #hospital #healthcare #neurosurgery #neurosurgeon #team #chicago #nmbetter

Please join us in supporting this important cause!! Seeing a TN patient in tears while telling you their story - because even talking can cause excruciating facial pain - is something you never forget. Together, we can help improve current treatments and find better solutions 💪💪💪 Joshua Rosenow Pat Tomasulo Northwestern Medicine Facial Pain Association #trigeminalneuralgia #facialpain #fundraiser #medicine

#ICYMI: For the first time, the Skull Base Lab at Northwestern is offering a #fellowship! This educational opportunity will provide broad experience in clinical #SkullBase #neurosurgery under the direction of expert faculty. To learn more about this comprehensive, supervised, full-time #educational experience, or to submit an application, click here: https://lnkd.in/gq-XadK3. #MedicalEducation #Neurosurgery #Trainee #Resources #MedEd

We are honored that the International Women Associates (IWA) is presenting Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chief of #Neurosurgery Sandi Lam, MD, MBA, with the 2024 Woman Extraordinaire Award. This annual award honors extraordinary women with ties to #Chicago whose international #humanitarian efforts have advanced the #welfare of women and children, and inspire constructive action by others. Learn more about this event, held October 9, here: https://lnkd.in/dzdDAP5T and more about Dr. Lam and her inspiring career here: https://lnkd.in/dy5gjjkv. #PediatricNeurosurgery #Peds #WomenInMedicine

Exciting news 🚨 For the first time, the Northwestern Skull Base Lab is offering a #fellowship! This educational opportunity within the Northwestern Department of Neurological Surgery will provide broad experience in clinical #SkullBase #neurosurgery under the direction of expert faculty. To learn more about this #comprehensive, supervised, full-time #educational experience, or to submit an application, click here: https://lnkd.in/g7S9nixb. #MedicalEducation #Neurosurgery #Trainee #Resources #MedEd #FellowshipApplication

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that targeting a protein called #TIM3 may increase survival in #pediatric #BrainCancers compared to current #immunotherapies. The findings, led by co-senior authors Michael DeCuypere, MD, PhD and Amy Heimberger, MD, were published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and highlight a new therapeutic target for treating children with low-grade #astrocytoma who have exhausted all other treatment options: https://lnkd.in/eauT8Mde. #PediatricCancerResearch #CancerResearch #BTSM #Peds #Research

Thank you for the opportunity to facilitate discussion. We are so fortunate in #Chicago to have such a collaborative community among #epilepsy centers. It is wonderful to come together under the auspices of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago to discuss how to improve care for people with #seizures. This exchange of ideas benefits all of us and our patients. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern Medicine Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine The Ken & Ruth Davee Department of Neurology at Northwestern University Northwestern Department of Neurological Surgery Epilepsy Foundation CURE Epilepsy

This weekend featured >140 golfers at the annual EMK Foundation event. Thank you for over TWO decades of fundraising to benefit brain aneurysm research at Northwestern Medicine! Northwestern Department of Neurological Surgery Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern Medicine Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine #brainaneurysm #SAH #brain #neurosurgery #hospital #healthcare #research #fundraising #philanthropy #golf

Restoring Hope for Children with Epilepsy: CURE Uganda’s New Service https://ow.ly/s0At50RbMFR #epilepsy