Contact: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 FAIRFAX, Va. — Guilherme Dabus, MD, an interventional neuroradiologist at the Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute, has been named the 2025–2026 president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), the world’s leading scientific and educational society dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurointerventional surgery. “Leading SNIS is both
Study Shows Pregnancy Can Significantly Worsen Risk of Serious Brain Injury in Women with Arteriovenous Malformations
CONTACT: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 NASHVILLE — At the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting today, researchers presented findings about how pregnancy can worsen the rupture risk for brain arteriovenous malformations, abnormal connections between arteries and veins whose rupture can result in serious brain injury or death. \ During pregnancy,
Study discusses how to mitigate damage from gunshot injuries to the brain in children and young adults
CONTACT: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 NASHVILLE — A study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting found that almost half of gunshot wound injuries to the brain in children and young adults include penetrating cerebrovascular injuries (PCVIs). These types of injuries, which damage blood vessels in the brain
More Research Needed to Explore Potential Racial, Gender and Socioeconomic Differences in Stroke Treatment and Recovery
CONTACT: Camille Jewell, cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 NASHVILLE — Research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting included three studies that explored the differences in treatment and recovery options for patients across racial, gender and socioeconomic lines in a large telestroke network in Pennsylvania and a university medical center in
New Study Reveals Possible Link Between Gastrointestinal Syndromes and Risk of Brain Aneurysm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2024 CONTACT: Camille Jewell cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 SNIS 2024: New Study Reveals Possible Link Between Gastrointestinal Syndromes and Risk of Brain Aneurysm COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There is a potential connection between a diagnosis of certain gastrointestinal (GI) syndromes and the formation and rupture of intracranial (brain) aneurysms,
Study Reveals Stroke Care Concerns for Non-English Language Patients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2024 CONTACT: Camille Jewell cjewell@vancomm.com or 202-248-5460 SNIS 2024: Study Reveals Stroke Care Concerns for Non-English Language Patients COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Non-English-speaking patients are less likely to arrive by ambulance when experiencing stroke symptoms and less likely to receive thrombectomy, according to research released today at the