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ON THE COVER
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Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, Chair of The Center for Pain
Medicine at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls
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FE ATURES
SAMER NAROUZE, MD, PHD: LEADING THE WAY IN
ADVANCED PAIN MEDICINE 06
Opioids should be the last resort for chronic pain, according
to Dr. Samer Narouze, Chair of Western Reserve Hospita l's
Center for Pain Medicine. New CDC guidelines are
in agreement.
ADVANCING THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
BRAIN TUMORS AT AKRON GENERAL 14
The incidence of brain and CNS tumors has increased
a lmost 420 percent over the past 10 years. A kron Genera l's
Neuroscience Institute is well equipped to treat these tumors
with subspecia lty trained neurosurgeons and the most
advanced technolog y.
SPOTLIGHTS
LIFECARE MEDICAL SERVICES 10
VITREO-RETINAL CONSULTANTS 22
SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION 18
DEPARTMENTS
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 09
RECENT RESEARCH 24
BUSINESS SECTION 26
HOSPITAL ROUNDS 36
PHOTO ©KEN LOVE COURTESY OF WESTERN RESERVE HOSPITAL
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