Neurotrauma – Mayfield Brain & Spinal Column

It’s Ladder Safety Month: Know the risks and stay safe

March 10, 2020 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Spinal Trauma, TBI, Wellness

By Tann Nichols, MD If you think ladder injuries are rare, think again. In the United States more than 500,000 people are treated for ladder-related injuries each year, and about 300 people

When it comes to brain injury, prevention rules

March 7, 2018 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, TBI

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, an opportunity to pause and remember that traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United

Final moments: understanding the neurobiology of dying

February 28, 2018 jacobs Brain Aneurysm, Mayfield Education & Research Foundation, Neurotrauma, Research

A new study furthers research on “brain tsunamis” and provides insight into the neurobiology of dying. This innovative research received partial funding from the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation, the United States government,

Mayfield Foundation researcher is editor for groundbreaking issue on brain tsunamis

August 31, 2017 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Research, TBI

By Mary Kemper For the first time in its 75 years of research, the topic of spreading depolarization has received its own special issue in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &

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

Mayfield-supported Crosstown Concussion Crew makes its debut

January 31, 2014 Cliff Peale Community, Lectures, Neurotrauma

They cut into tofu-like brains made from jello molds. They traced their fingers along the sharp ridges of bone inside the model of a skull. They wore concussion goggles that simulated the

Dr. Hartings: Running on happy for 100 miles through the woods

October 24, 2013 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Research

Jed Hartings, PhD, has traveled the world as a researcher for the Mayfield Clinic and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. In the last two years alone he has traveled to

‘Silent Wounds of War’ presentations can be viewed online

September 28, 2012 Cliff Peale Community, Neurotrauma, Research, TBI

Videos of presentations given at the Silent Wounds of War are now available for viewing on the Mayfield Clinic’s Web site >> General Peter Chiarelli (retired), former Vice Chief of Staff for

Neurosurgical Patients Embrace New Acuity-Adjustable Unit

May 11, 2012 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma

Two thumbs up is the response Mayfield Clinic patients are giving to the new acuity-adjustable unit that opened May 1 at UC Health’s University Hospital. The family-friendly unit is serving patients who

Mayfield Salutes Dr. Alison Delgado

May 8, 2012 Cliff Peale Community, Neurotrauma, TBI, UC Neurosurgery

The physicians and staff of the Mayfield Clinic congratulate Alison Delgado, MD, on her fourth-place finish in the 2012 Flying Pig Marathon. Dr. Delgado capped her recovery from a devastating cycling accident

Funding from Department of Defense Totaled $880k in 2011

February 28, 2012 Cliff Peale Neurotrauma, Research

Finding a way treat people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury is a major goal for researchers in the Mayfield-affiliated Department of Neurosurgery, and in 2011 they were awarded $880,115 in