Awake Craniotomy |
Methodist University Hospital (MUH) will become the first hospital in the Mid-South to broadcast an Awake Craniotomy when it hosts a surgical webcast on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The webcast, which can be viewed at 4 p.m., will feature neurosurgeon Allen K. Sills, Jr., M.D., in concert with the Mid-South's only team qualified to execute this highly complex brain surgery. Your questions about the procedure can be answered live via email from 4 pm- 5 pm (CDT). After this time, the hour-long webcast will be archived and available to view by visiting methodisthealth.org and clicking "Surgical Webcasts."
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Madison Michael, MD
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Wayne Hamm
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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Brain Tumor Surgery/GliaSite Radiation Therapy |
Methodist Healthcare hosted a live surgical Webcast at Methodist University Hospital Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 4 pm, showcasing a brain surgery that targets radiation directly to a tumor cavity. The Webcast featured Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, neurosurgeon, Methodist University Hospital, as he performed a procedure using the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System (RTS). Frederick A. Boop, MD, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center will narrate the event.
In addition to watching Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, perform live brain surgery; viewers learned more about GliaSite RTS and heard from a patient who was being treated with GliaSite RTS as a first-line approach to metastatic brain cancer.
The patient who was receiving GliaSite RTS during the live Webcast was part of a clinical study being led by Methodist University Hospital which was examining the effectiveness of using GliaSite as an approach to treating tumors that have spread to the brain from other parts of the body. The study involves 10 centers that will analyze the benefits of using the GliaSite RTS to treat patients with newly diagnosed metastatic brain cancer. Allen K. Sills, Jr., MD, along with Allen Redmond, RN, research coordinator, Memphis Regional Brain Tumor Center, wrote the clinical trial. |
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Frederick A. Boop, MD, Moderator
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
Learn more about Dr. Boop |
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