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Home > Posts Tagged "SNIS"
  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/news-articles/groundbreaking-studies-find-that-neurointerventional-surgery-reduces-stroke-mortality/

    GROUNDBREAKING STUDIES FIND THAT NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY REDUCES STROKE MORTALITY

    WASHINGTON, DC – February 11, 2015 – Two new clinical trials on the treatment of stroke (ESCAPE and EXTEND IA) demonstrate that neurointerventional surgery significantly increases the number of patients who are able to live independently without major neurological disabilities. The ESCAPE study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, also shows that […]

    Posted on Friday, February 13, 2015
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/groundbreaking-study-confirms-that-neurointerventional-surgery-provides-significant-clinical-benefit/

    Groundbreaking Study Confirms That Neurointerventional Surgery Provides Significant Clinical Benefit

    Study is most significant stroke treatment clinical trial since NINDS-2 says Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery WASHINGTON, DC – December 17, 2014 – A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the addition of inside-the-artery clot removal is more effective than IV-administered “clot-busting” tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) therapy alone for the […]

    Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/joe-niekro-research-grant-awarded/

    Joe Niekro Research Grant Awarded

    The Joe Niekro Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 1st Joe Niekro Research Grant, Lissa Peeling.  Lissa’s study, Assessment of a novel in vitro approach to evaluate flow dynamics of porcine red blood cells within a side-wall aneurysm model using synchrotron X-ray particle image velocimetry, awarded her a $20,000 grant which was […]

    Posted on Monday, September 29, 2014
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/jnf-welcomes-two-new-advisory-members/

    JNF Welcomes Two New Advisory Members

    The Joe Niekro Foundation is excited to announce our newest Medical Advisory Board Members, Dr. Peter Rasmussen of Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Aman Patel of Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Patel, MD is a neurosurgical attending at Massachusetts General Hospital with clinical interests in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery with a focus on the treatment of cerebral […]

    Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2014
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/jnf-shines-at-snis-annual-meeting/

    JNF Shines at SNIS Annual Meeting

    The Joe Niekro Foundation’s participation in last week’s 11th Annual Meeting for Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) proved to be a huge success.  The Joe Niekro Foundation was invited to attend this five day conference which gave them the opportunity to speak to hundreds of neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, neuroradiologists, neuro nurses and all the major medical […]

    Posted on Thursday, August 7, 2014
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