FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland is out of intensive care after undergoing five hours of brain surgery Tuesday, and his surgeon expressed encouragement at his progress, according ...

PHOENIX – A woman who traveled halfway across the globe to have a surgery here in Arizona is going home with a good prognosis. Julie Stendal, 26, will soon board a plane for her home in Norway after ...

A young man in a coma was unwittingly poised to give the ultimate this holiday season--his life, and with it, his organs. Instead, his mother became the recipient of the ultimate gift: his sudden ...

PHOENIX — It will be a special Christmas for the family of a 21-year-old University of Arizona student who was nearly taken off life support before awaking from a coma. Sam Schmid was walking and ...

We hope to never suffer any cerebral damage in our lifetime, but we do know the right guy for the job, if the worst happens. (Come to think of it, we should probably write down his name and tape it to ...

The ultimate guide to navigating and treating brainstem pathologies from master neurosurgeon Robert Spetzler The brainstem is one of the last bastions of surgical prohibition because of its densely ...

Internationally renowned brain surgeon Dr. Robert Spetzler is resigning as president and CEO of Barrow Neurological Institute after 30 years of leadership that helped define Barrow as a top facility ...

Sam Schmid fully recovers from traumatic brain injuries. Dec.. 22, 2011 -- Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just ...

Susan Regan said no one exactly asked her to take her son Sam Schmid, off life support and donate his organs following an Oct. 19 traffic crash on Tucson’s east side that left his University of ...

It will be a special Christmas for the family of a 21-year-old University of Arizona student who was nearly taken off life support before awaking from a coma. Sam Schmid was walking and speaking ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsurgical clip occlusion does not prevent disabilities any better than endovascular coil embolization in most patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage stemming from cerebral aneurysms ...