09/26/2013
Providence now offers a new, 12-bed neurocritical care unit at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. More>>
03/12/2013
The program gives local students the opportunity to learn about brain surgery, health careers and health risks first-hand. More>>
03/11/2013
Becker's Hospital Review has named Providence St. Vincent Medical Center as one of 100 Hospitals with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs. More>>
12/27/2012
Doctors urge skiers and snowboarders to wear helmets. Helmets minimize your risk of head and brain injury on the slopes. More>>
12/12/2012
A ruptured aneurysm seems like a random unpreventable tragedy, however, there are some symptoms and risk factors you should pay attention to. More>>
11/30/2012
New tools allow surgeons to see and operate on pituitary and other brain tumors through the nose. More>>
Skiers and snowboarders are dusting off their gear as snow falls in the mountains … and hopefully that gear includes a helmet. More>>
08/15/2012
They can affect your ability to grow, your eyesight and even your sense of smell. Did you know that 20 percent of people get pituitary tumors? More>>
08/01/2012
The trip to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center wasn’t on the schedule. Neither was the wedding. But all that changed for Jamie Amos and Jonathan Ta More>>
07/12/2012
Pankaj Gore, M.D., removed a small, benign growth in a patient’s brain that was discovered by new imaging technology. More>>
05/12/2012
After her brain tumor was removed in the sophisticated iMRI operating suite, a woman is working hard to get better to keep up with her two sons. More>>
05/10/2012
A woman arrived at the ED in a coma and near death. Vivek Deshmukh, M.D., FACS, recounts the night he repaired her ruptured aneurysm. More>>
03/16/2012
Providence Brain and Spine Institute's expanded team offers improved access to expert evaluations, advanced treatments and clinical trials for your pa More>>
11/15/2011
Pankaja Gore, M.D., was able to remove a three centimeter tumor from a young girl's brain. Find out how this was done without an incision. More>>
11/01/2011
Providence Brain Institute’s name has changed. The new name, Providence Brain and Spine Institute, communicates the breadth of services offered b More>>
7/29/2011
A Providence patient with a forty year history of epilepsy appears to be free of symptoms thanks to neuro-microsurgery that neurosurgeon Dan More>>
06/01/2011
Providence neurosurgeons lead the region in minimally invasive procedures. These techniques allow them to treat conditions without surgery and with fe More>>
01/01/2010
Oregon’s Gamma Knife technology, Perfexion, offers faster, more accurate treatment of complex brain and neck tumors and lesions without invasive surge More>>
04/12/2011
The surgery to remove a colloid cyst took one hour and only required a small opening compared to traditional open brain surgery. More>>
01/25/2011
Brain aneurysm patients benefit from a new technique that involves only a small puncture his/her leg. More>>
01/10/2011
Vivek Deshmukh, M.D., F.A.C.S., medical director of Providence Neurointerventional Services, helped Washington Post readers understand brain trauma fo More>>
11/01/2009
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is home to the world’s most advanced operating suite for brain tumors. More>>
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