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Expert Team Uses Latest Tech to Advance Spinal Fusion
Neurosurgeons at Cedars-Sinai are making a difference in patients’ lives through sophisticated instrumented spinal fusions. With the highest volume of spine cases in Los Angeles County, Cedars-Sinai is equipped with innovative, best-in-class technological tools, including an advanced surgical robot, and supported by deeply experienced and specialized care teams.Laser Ablation Offers Hope for Tumor, Epilepsy Patients
Cedars-Sinai neurosurgeons are using lasers to treat mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and ablate tumors located deep inside the brain.Competitive Gymnast Beats Spine Disorder | Cedars-Sinai Newsroom
Spinal Fusion by Cedars-Sinai Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Fixes Young Gymnast's Collapsed Bones and Gives Her New Hope Ahead of College RecruitmentCedars-Sinai Nurse Shares Congenital Heart Journey
Jacqueline Avalon was born with a #CongenitalHeartDefect known as #VentricularSeptalDefect, which means there was a hole on the septal wall that separates the two ventricles of the heart. She's now a nurse at Cedars-Sinai. Hear more about her journey.New Mouse X-Maze May Aid Alzheimer's Research
A new type of testing maze for laboratory mice, developed at Cedars-Sinai, shows promise for helping investigators study and identify early dysfunctions of Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports.Rare Neurologic Disorder Identified
A new study published in the May issue of the peer-reviewed journal Brain has identified a rare neurologic disorder affecting infants and teenagers. Tyler Mark Pierson, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai, was one of the study’s senior authors.Neuroimaging Sharpens Picture of Newborn Brain
Two recently published studies of brain development in newborns may help predict cognitive outcomes and assist in developing early interventions.Landmark IBD study in African Americans
In African Americans, the genetic risk landscape for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is very different from that of people with European ancestry, according to the first whole-genome study of IBD in African Americans. The authors say that future clinical research on IBD needs to take ancestry into account.Clinical Fellows Award Comes From the Heart
Improving outcomes for heart disease patients was the focus of studies by Jae Hyung Cho, MD, PhD, and Lily K. Stern, MD, who in May won the 2021 Cedars-Sinai Clinical Fellows Award for Excellence in Research.Compound Tested for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of death and severe illness. More than 95,000 people die in the U.S each year from excessive alcohol use, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.COVID-19: Rare Immune Reaction in Children
Although most children who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, experience mild symptoms, a very few develop a hyperinflammatory syndrome due to a specific reaction by their immune systems, according to a recent study co-led by Cedars-Sinai.About the Movement Disorders Fellowship | Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine
The goal of the Movement Disorders Fellowship is to provide clinical training, teaching skills and research experience. The length of the program is one year, with the option of adding a second year to pursue research, with approval.