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Stroke Program Receives Prestigious Award
Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center recently earned the prestigious 2020 Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from American Heart Association….
Read MoreBarrow Expert Offers Advice on Exercising Safely in Arizona’s Summer Heat
Assistant professor in the Barrow Sports Medicine Program, Kareem Shaarawy, MD, provided expert advice on exercising safely outdoors in the Arizona summer to avoid heat-related illness in a KTAR article. Dr. Shaarawy…
Read MoreCDC: Sports-Related Concussion Rates Decreased from 2012-2018
A recent CDC study showed the rate of ER visits for sports-related brain injuries among youth athletes decreased by a third from 2012 to 2018. Barrow physician, Dr. Javier Cardenas,…
Read MoreBarrow Expert: High School Sports Face Obstacles Because of COVID-19
Javier Cárdenas, MD, director of the Barrow Concussion and Brain Injury Center and member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Sports Medicine Committee, recently discussed the obstacles high school sports programs will face…
Read MoreUpdate: Barrow Responds to COVID-19
Dear Friend, We wanted to reach out to thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for Barrow Neurological Institute. These are challenging times for all of us, whether dealing…
Read MoreBarrow Neurologist Shares Student-Athlete Concussion Research
Javier Cárdenas, MD, director of the Concussion and Brain Injury Center at Barrow, was featured in an article by Sports360AZ discussing his work with ASU to research ways to decrease the…
Read MoreBarrow President and CEO Shares Expertise with AANS
Michael T. Lawton, MD, President and CEO of Barrow, co-authored an article for AANS Neurosurgeon | Volume 29 that addressed the challenges facing neurosurgeons in handling complex cases. In the article, Dr….
Read MoreStroke Patients Delay Treatment for Fear of COVID-19
The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 continues to increase and amid concerns about the illness, many stroke patients are delaying treatment, impacting both survival and recovery rates. Barrow neurosurgeon,…
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