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ADVANCING RESEARCH IN LIVER EMBOLIZATION AND STROKE THERAPY
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7 A.M. ON Monday mornings, interven- tional radiologists Subbarao Inampudi,
M.D.; Eduardo Ehrenwald, M.D., Ph.D.; Jason Mehling, M.D.; and Clark Schumacher, M.D., step into a conference room at Abbot Northwestern Hospital to join a group of subspecialty radiologists, medical oncologists, hepatic pancreatic surgeons, gastro-oncologists and trans- plant surgeons. For the next hour, this multidisciplinary team will review a dozen patient cases of liver tumor and formulate treatment recommendations from options, including innovative radioembolization and chemoemboliza- tion procedures, that did not exist three years ago. At the same t ime, in Abbot t
Dr. David Tubman preparing for a neurointerventional procedure
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Northwestern Hospital’s Neuroscience Institute, interventional neuroradiologist and stroke specialist David Tubman, M.D., is engaged in groundbreaking research studies. The research explores the use of stem cells to regenerate brain cells in stroke patients and improve poststroke neurological function. Medical advances have transformed the practice of interventional radiology