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August 22, 2024

Shared Pain, Shared Healing: Headache Care Visits

Click the link below to read the UW Medicine Huddle that focus on our Headache Clinic, along with Dr Murinova.

May 9, 2024

Strike Out Stroke May 31st, 2024

May is Stroke Month. And Strike out Stroke is a fun educational event with the Mariners coming up 5.31 at T Mobile Park with 12 area hospitals and the United Stroke Alliance. Buy tickets at the link below https://www.mlb.com/mariners/tickets/specials/strike-out-stroke $5 will go to support the United Stroke Alliance. We need to sell 600 tickets by…

February 6, 2024

Epilepsy Care: Collaborating to Prevent Seizures

Whether a patient receives a new diagnosis of epilepsy or they have struggled for years to manage their seizures, they need high-quality care from the partnership of their primary care provider and specialist. UW Medicine neurological surgeons and neurologists are trained to deliver the most advanced epilepsy therapies and treatments, offering relief for a condition…

December 7, 2023

UW Medicine’s Memory and Brain Wellness Center treated its first patient with the new Alzheimer’s drug, Lecanemab

UW Medicine’s Memory and Brain Wellness Center treated its first patient with the new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, on Dec. 1. The drug has been shown to reduce cognitive decline in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease.

ALS Clinic receives UW Medicine Cares Award

Congratulations to the ALS Clinic on receiving a Fall 2023 UW Medicine Cares Award. Nassim Rad, MD, Assistant Professor, is co-director of the clinic along with Michael D. Weiss, MD, FAAN, Professor, UW Department of Neurology. The UW Medicine Cares Awards were established in 2013 to formally recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals and…

September 5, 2023

Child Neurologists Named Top Doctor 2023 | Seattle Magazine

Seattle magazine has published its list of “Top Docs” for Child Neurology. Hannah Tully, MD: Pediatric neurology; Seattle Children’s Hospital Catherine Amlie-Lefond, MD, Pediatric neurology; Seattle Children’s Hospital James Owens, MD, PhD: Neurosciences Center, Neurology, Environmental Medicine, Epilepsy Program; Seattle Children’s Hospital Kyle Steinman, MD: Pediatric neurology, Autism; Seattle Children’s Hospital Russell Saneto, DO,…

Neurologists Named Top Doctor 2023 | Seattle Magazine

Ali Samii, MD: Movement disorders, Neurology; Neurology Clinic at UW Medical Center Gary A. Stobbe, MD: Neurology, Autism; Adult Autism Clinic Gloria von Geldern, MD: Multiple sclerosis, Neurology, Telehealth services; Multiple Sclerosis Center at UW Medical Center Annette Wundes, MD: Neurology, Multiple sclerosis, Telehealth services; Multiple Sclerosis Center at UW Medical Center Michael Weiss, MD:…

May 19, 2023

An Innovative Approach to Dementia and Memory Care

Alzheimer’s disease can be a devastating diagnosis. This progressive neurodegenerative condition affects a person’s cognitive abilities, memories and independence in the later stages. In the United States, approximately 6.7 million people are currently affected, and the Alzheimer’s Association expects that number to nearly double to 12.7 million by 2050. But patients who receive an Alzheimer’s…

February 27, 2023

UW Medicine Neurology on Pace to Transform Rural Health

For Thabele (Bay) Leslie-Mazwi, MD, the UW Medicine Department of Neurology is more than the only group of academic medicine specialists providing neurological services to Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. It’s a team of providers uniquely positioned to transform care for the thousands of people living in the area’s most remote locations. “For rural…

February 9, 2023