Neurosurgeon Dr. Osaama Khan has been employing novel technology at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, which is enhancing the center’s capability to diagnose and treat brain…
Dr. Patrick Towne, senior vice president of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, left, presents Dr. Osaama Khan, director of the Brain and Spine Tumor Center at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, with Douglas L. Johnson Endowed Chair in Neuroscience medal at Central DuPage Hospital. With the brain, there’s still so much to learn, the Naperville physician says. But with unresolved questions comes an inclination to innovate.
The technology, officially known as the NIO Laser Imaging System, combines advanced imaging with artificial intelligence to quickly diagnose brain tumors during surgery. It allows doctors to know what they’re faced with much sooner than with conventional pathology and in turn, expedite patient care, Khan said.
Khan, director of Central DuPage Hospital’s Brain and Spine Tumor Center, said his team is the first to implement the technology at Northwestern Medicine. He’s been interested in getting the system up and running locally for the past few years, he said. Khan has been with Northwestern Medicine since 2016. Born and raised in Canada, he came to DuPage Central because it offered him a unique opportunity to lead and build out the hospital’s brain tumor program, he said.Traditionally when a patient comes in with a new brain mass, the challenge is figuring out what it is, why it’s there, how long it’s been there and if it needs to come out, he said.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology at Northwestern University - Chicago, Illinois job with Choi Laboratory at NorthwesternThe Choi lab (https://choilaboratory.northwestern.edu) is a T cell biology lab who is interested in improving outcomes for patients with cancer and autoimmune disease.
Read more »
Northwestern Medicine achieves breakthrough in glioblastoma treatmentIn what is being hailed as a major breakthrough, scientists from Northwestern Medicine have successfully used ultrasound technology to target and treat glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer.
Read more »
Northwestern Medicine launches 16-week nursing assistant program, nurse educator joined to discussAfter completing the program, a person can be hired as a patient care technician, or even go to nursing school.
Read more »
Northwestern Medicine performs its 1st awake kidney transplant procedure in under 2 hoursNorthwestern Medicine performed its first kidney transplant procedure with the patient being awake.
Read more »
Northwestern Medicine performs first awake kidney transplantImagine undergoing a life-saving kidney transplant and being awake the entire time.
Read more »
Chicago man awake the whole time for kidney transplant by Northwestern Medicine surgeonsChicago man awake the whole time for kidney transplant at Northwestern
Read more »