Neurosurgery
A multidisciplinary medical team helped Meg Linker-Estes decrease her seizures and address parenting fears
‘It’s given me new abilities and new ways of doing things. It basically transformed my life,’ says Arul Venkatesh
A young woman’s operating room drama highlights state-of-the art epilepsy treatment at UCLA Health.
Why a Kansas family chose to see UCLA doctors four times a year
Read here to learn how this surgical procedure is combatting the neurological disorder
Dr. Dawn Eliashiv, M.D. answers questions about SUDEP
“I was originally looking for a peer support program, but then I came and was encouraged to share my perspective,” remembered Chinna Balachandran, who joined the Neurosurgery Patient and Family Advisory Council [...]
“I had a golf ball-sized meningioma taken out of brain and was so impressed by the help I got at UCLA Health that when I had the chance to give back, I gave something back,” explains Brad Lusk. Lusk underwent [...]
“Valentines’ Day of last year I had a stroke,” reveals Jeff Heisert, who had a blood clot behind his right eye. “I was completely paralyzed and blind. Dr. May Nour, my By • January 30, 2020
“This tiny pool of blood settled over the nerves that control the motor function of my left leg. So, initially, my only symptom was that my left leg was paralyzed,” recalls Linda Hatcher, a stroke survivor and member of the By • January 30, 2020