Cliff Peale – Page 8 – Mayfield Brain & Spinal Column

Mayfield’s advanced practice providers enhance patient care with extra pair of eyes, ears and hands

December 7, 2016 Cliff Peale Spine Care

Spine patients who have an appointment at Mayfield Brain & Spine may or may not see a doctor on every visit. They may or may not see a Mayfield doctor every day

New life for Celebrex (and arthritis sufferers) after clinical trial

December 2, 2016 Cliff Peale Chronic Pain, Research

By Donald Carruthers, MD The results of the PRECISION trial (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Celecoxib Integrated Safety vs. Ibuprofen Or Naproxen) warrant a reevaluation of prescribing habits for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

When to have DBS surgery? Not too soon, not too late

September 21, 2016 Cliff Peale Parkinson's Disease

George Mandybur, MD, calls it the Goldilocks theory of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. Patients who undergo the procedure for Parkinson’s disease don’t want to have a major surgical procedure too early

More than just a meeting: Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group dabbles in art

August 4, 2016 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Support Group

They painted a horse and a hummingbird, stars and the sun. They painted circles, squares and survivor ribbons. In a successful first-time event, 18 members of the Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group

Mayfield Lecturer James Rutka, MD, PhD: New hope for treating brainstem tumor DIPG

June 4, 2016 Cliff Peale Brain Tumors, Research

James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, the R.S. McLaughlin Professor & Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery, on Friday gave a

Mayfield helps ThinkFirst celebrate 30 years of brain and spinal cord injury prevention

May 27, 2016 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Spinal Trauma

Bob Meister was a 21-year-old lineman for a utility company when he fell 40 feet from a pole and fractured his spine. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down and

Mindfulness is hard, but the health benefits it delivers are real

February 5, 2016 Cliff Peale Integrative Medicine

Geraldine Wu, MD, posed the question on her PowerPoint slide to a room packed with listeners eager for a calmer, less stressful life. Mind full? Or Mindful? It was an ah-ha! moment.

Living well on the pain scale with spinal cord stimulators

February 3, 2016 Cliff Peale Chronic Pain, Spine Care

Spinal cord stimulators are unlikely to eliminate pain completely, but they can bring most individuals back into the happy fold of daily activities. That was the message delivered by Mayfield Clinic specialists

Mayfield Lecturer Dr. Kim Burchiel: Could genetics be origin of trigeminal neuralgia?

June 16, 2015 Cliff Peale Research

Kim Burchiel, MD, the John Raaf Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, is challenging the long-held belief that trigeminal neuralgia is caused by

Keller Lecturer Dr. Paolo Cappabianca charts a careful endoscopic route through the skull base

March 18, 2015 Cliff Peale Lectures, skull base

On a day that celebrated the collaboration between neurosurgeons and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons in the challenging arena of endoscopic skull base surgery, the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation and

Remembering Dr. Charles Kuntz: Reflections from Patients and Colleagues

February 26, 2015 Cliff Peale Spine Care

Tributes from Colleagues Charlie was an extremely talented surgeon and a valued member of our organization. He took great pride in leading and teaching. We all learned a great deal from him

New generation of devices offers hope to patients who suffer large-vessel strokes

January 14, 2015 Cliff Peale Brain Aneurysm, Research

Doctors who treat life-threatening strokes by threading catheters and devices up from the groin into the brain have long believed they could save more lives if only they could safely grab hold