Neurosciences News and Events

5th Annual Coath Tim Touchberry: Putting for Parkinson's Golf Tournament, Dinner & Auction - Saturday April 27, 2013

A Captain’s Choice golf tournament, dinner, and auction held in honor of Coach Tim Touchberry. The proceeds of this tournament go directly to benefit Parkinson’s Disease Research.

Where: Legend Oaks Country Club, 118 Legend Oaks Way, Summerville, South Carolina

When: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Golf Tournament starts at 1:00 p.m.
Dinner & Auction starts at 6:00 p.m.

How to Enter: Click here to download an entry form.

Mail or email entries to:
Putting for Parkinson’s
Attn: Jamie Touchberry
210 Yorkswell Court
Lexington, South Carolina 29072
jbtouchberry@yahoo.com

Payment Options:

Make checks payable to:
The MUSC Foundation: #8439
or for credit cards payments call:
Debbie Bordeau at 843-792-4342

For more information, please contact
Jamie Touchberry
Email: jbtouchberry@yahoo.com
Phone: 843-670-8462

or

Gary Brewer
Email: gary.brewer7@gmail.com
Phone: 843-906-0311

Please join the MUSC Neurosciences Service Line for their annual symposium.

The Neuroscience Symposium: Innovations in Neuroscience: Gateway to the Mind and Body will be held April 11-12, 2013 at MUSC.  Session topics include:  

• Management of the Acute Stroke Patient
• Spinal Cord Regeneration
• The Role of Neurointerventional Radiology in the Spine Patient
• Minimally Invasive Procedures in Spine Surgery
• Role of EMS in Stroke and the SC Stroke Law
• End of Life Care for the Neuroscience Patient
• ALS and Neuromuscular Diseases
• Vascular Distributions and Stroke Syndromes: Approach to the Patient Suffering Stroke
• Acute Stroke: CT, CTA, CTP and Treatment Imaging
• Stroke Rehab-Post-stroke Unilateral Spatial Neglect

Download the brochure and register today.

Among the more than 270 physicians from MUSC recognized in the 2012-2013 “Best Doctors” list by Best Doctors, Inc. 17 are members of the Neurosciences team.  Please join us in congratulating these physicians for providing our patients with outstanding care.

Megan Peebles, a teenager from Columbia, SC hurt her back falling from a slide when she was 9 years old and suffered through four years of pain that kept her from participating in every day activities like sitting during classes or going to a movie. After being evaluated byDr. Bruce Frankel, director, of the MUSC Spine Center, Megan had a minimally invasive spinal surgery and is now able to live life to it’s fullest. Megan shared her story recently with News 4 Charleston. Click on the image below to watch the interview and if you have suffered from back and/or neck pain and would like to be evaluated for this procedure or other minimally invasive spine procedures available at MUSC, call us today at 943-792-1414 for an appointment.

Researchers at MUSC and the University of South Carolina (USC) are launching a joint research trial, funded by the National Institute on Aging, to determine if a new form of non-invasive brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation, given during speech therapy, could potentially improve language function in stroke patients.

The research trial is the first multi-site study of this new technology and builds on earlier work conducted at USC by the principal investigator, Julius Fridriksson, Ph.D. During a five-year period, the study is scheduled to enroll 74 patients. The local site investigators at MUSC include David Bachman, M.D., Mark George, M.D., and Leonardo Bonilha, M.D., Ph.D.

Affecting as many as 700,000 people each year, strokes are an all too common problem in the United States. If the left side of the brain is damaged by the stroke, many patients will develop significant problems with speech and language.

These symptoms are referred to as aphasia. Patients with aphasia often may have a great deal of difficulty expressing themselves either through spoken words or writing. In more severe cases, aphasic patients may have difficulty understanding what people say to them. Although many aphasic patients will recover, more than 60 percent continue to struggle even after a course of speech therapy.

This study is unique in that it builds on relationships and systems from the past decade through the Centers for Economic Excellence, now called SmartState.

For information, contact Sheri Davis at 792-2845 or Astrid Fridriksson in Columbia at (803) 777-5931