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College Graduate Gets a Second Chance at Life After AVM Rupture

Morgan Bailey had a lot to look forward to in the summer of 2021. She had just graduated from college...

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Norwegian Man Travels to Barrow for Risky Surgery

Kristian Knudsen was told by surgeons in Norway that his complex golf ball-sized brain aneurysm was too risky to treat....

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Rita’s Story: Make a Life-Saving Slam Dunk for Aneurysm

Left to right: Pamela Klonoff, PhD, Sam Garvin, Rita Garvin, Michael T. Lawton, MD When Sam...

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Save Patients like Melissa: Give to Aneurysm & AVM Research

An exceptional young woman, a catastrophic event, a Facebook post, a mother refusing to lose hope and a renowned neurosurgeon...

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Show Your Gratitude: Patient Gives Back to Barrow after Life-Saving Surgery

Competence and connection are important to Kim Mantle. She found both at Barrow Neurological Institute, and now she is giving...

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A Wife’s Anguish: Help Barrow Find the Answer

Her husband James Nelson, a Battalion Chief for the Gilbert Fire and Rescue Department in Gilbert, Arizona, had a horrible...

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Parents Give Back After Son’s Lifesaving Surgery

The seizure crumpled University of San Diego student Colby Bishop, leaving him unconscious on the ground. A professor found him...

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Barrow Saved My Life: Join Me in Paying It Forward

Melissa Izzio has been through a lot. This young woman had an extremely rare spinal arteriovenous fistula (AVF), an abnormal...

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I Am Here Today Because of Barrow, Now I Want To Give Back

1998 was a turbulent year in the life of Phyllis Keller. Her mother had just passed away. Her children were...