Mischer Neurosciences Journal

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Spring 2018 includes: Rapid Transfer Process Eliminates Neuroscience Capacity Denials and Gets Patients to the Right Level of Care Quickly; Walmart Partners with Memorial Hermann to Provide High-quality Spine Care to Associates in the Southeast Region; Moving the Needle Forward in Stroke Research and Clinical Care; Creating a Brain Atlas Through a Unified Cognitive Network Model of Language; Moving Stronger: UTHealth, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the YMCA of Greater Houston Team Up to Promote Exercise for People with MS; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Summer 2016 includes: Mischer Neuroscience Institute Approaches Maturity; From Bench to Bedside and Back Again with Louise McCullough, MD, PhD; The Will Erwin Headache Research Center Opens at the Mischer Neuroscience Institute; Brain Networks of Noun Generation: Learning How the Brain Processes Language; The World’s Smallest Surgical Robot; Mischer Neuroscience Institute Launches the National Center for Testing Treatments in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Spring 2015 Issue includes: It Takes a Team: And Other Lessons Patients Teach Us; All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men; Managing Pain from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Perspective; The IQ Program: A Search for New Ways to Improve Quality and Expand Research; Through the Patient’s Eyes; Pitching in to Help Haitian Children with Hydrocephalus; Fifteen Physicians Named Among Houston’s Top Doctors for 2014; and Mischer Neuroscience Institute and UTHealth Medical School Welcome Eight New Recruits.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Summer 2014 Issue and Special Edition on Neuro-Oncology includes: Moving Closer to the Silver Bullet; Patient-specific Cancer Care: Neuro-oncology Zeroes in on Specific Disease Pathways to Personalize Brain Tumor Treatment; Michael Sleeper: Beating the Glioblastoma Multiforme Odds; Specialized Cancer Care Through Three Clinics: Cancer Neurology, Brain Metastases, Pituitary and Vision Change; Ralph De La Rosa: The Doctor’s Doctor; Intra-arterial Delivery of Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma Saves Eyes; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Summer 2013 Issue features: Attaining Peak Performance in Neuroscience; Novel Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Approaches to the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors; Supraclavicular Brachioplexus Leiomyosarcoma: A Patient Benefits from a Neurosurgeon’s Expertise in Spinal Neurosurgery and Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery; High-quality Care at the Children’s Neuroscience Center; Mischer Neuroscience Institute and UTHealth Medical School Welcome New Recruits; Stroke Team Reduces Door-to-Needle Time; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Fall 2012 Issue includes: Mischer Neuroscience Institute’s Nursing Team Drives Quality Improvements; MNI Offers Groundbreaking Test for Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease; Dr. RSVP and the Miracle Man: Telemedicine Extends Neuroscience Expertise to the Community; Neuroscience Care at the Intersection of Quality and Innovation; Revolutionizing Neuroscience: Memorial Hermann and UTHealth Launch a Campaign to Advance the Field of Neuroscience; MNI Adds a Transitional Care Coordinator to Help Personalize the Patient Experience; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Spring 2011 Issue features: Building a Citywide Neuroscience Network; Telemedicine Technology Extends Neurology Epertise to the Community; Jay-Jiguang Zhu, MD, PhD, Joins the Mischer Neuroscience Institute; Anita Madan, MD, Brings Expertise in Movement Disorders to Outlying Memorial Hermann Facilities; Noninvasive Imaging to Quantify Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair in Clinic; Safety/Feasibility of Autologous Mononuclear Bone Marrow Cells in Stroke Patients; and more.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Fall 2010 Issue includes featured stories: The Vivian L. smith center for Neurologic Research is Advancing Science and New Therapies to Improve Quality of Life for Patients; Diagnosing and Treating CIDP; Mischer Neuroscience Institute Raises the Bar in Patient Care, Education and Research; Arthur L. Day, MD, Named Director of Clinical Education; and MNI Improves Care With State-of-the-Art Gamma Knife and Biplane.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Winter 2010 Issue features articles: Deep Brain Stimulation for Early-Onset Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease; Resective Surgery for Refractory Epilepsy Opens Doors for Carrie Tackett; Neurocore – An Innovative IT application aids in research, education and practice management; and a Research Update – Since September 2008, researchers at MNI and UT have received more than $8.7 million in grants for clinical trials and laboratory research in neurology and more than $2 million in grants for studies related to neurosurgery.

The Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal Summer 2009 Issue features articles: Hypothermia, lowering the body temperature of patients may improve survival rates for stroke and other neurological patients; Dorothy Malone Regains Her Independence; Moving Toward Improved Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; MNI's New Neuro ICU Offers State-of-the-Art Care in a Healing Environment; $5 Million Gift Will Fund Neurosurgical Research and Training; and Harold and Diane Farb Fund for Stroke Research Established, Caffeinol Study Begins.

The Winter 2008 Mischer Neuroscience Institute Journal features articles on: By Leaps and Bounds; The Joseph Santos Story, a 23-year-old man diagnosed and surgically treated for an “inoperable” right parieto-occipital arteriovenous malformation; Advances in Telemedicine; Articles on its New Recruits - Dr.s Kazim Sheikh, Andrew Barreto, Roc Chen, Michele Johnson, Paul Boone and Scott Shepard; Mischer Neuroscience Institute Hosts the 2008 Princeton Conference; and the new McGovern Medical School Neurosurgery Residency Program.