If I would wait two more minute a whole side probably been paralyzed, and I wouldn’t be able to talk. I am grateful for the care I received from the entire team physicians, nurses, tech’s, and therapists at the neurosciences institute. It was for them I wouldn’t be here sitting talking.

 I think about it every day just because I won’t ever forget. I look in the mirror and I think about it every day but in a good way. I think about it how life is short and I don’t take anything for granted.

Steven Owens & Denise Moss

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How a game-changing transplant could treat dying organs


Early success with a procedure called a mitochondrial transplant offers a glimmer of hope for people fighting for survival after cardiac arrest, stroke, and more.

Following her son’s stroke, Amy Roost, had to take a leap of faith when she agreed to risky surgery in the hopes of eliminating the possibility of future strokes.

As part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s #Solvable campaign, UW’s own Dr. Melanie Walker explains how advances in science and medicine can reverse previously permanent neurological damage from stroke…

Bringing together both operative and benchtop research, the SANS Center in investigating the genetic and hemodynamic contributions to intracranial aneurysm formation, development, rupture, and treatment outcomes.

Dr. Louis Kim was featured in a KOMO news story about an emergency surgery on a stroke patient.

Dr. Louis Kim and team awarded the 2019 The Bee Foundation Preventative Research Grant to investigate the molecular causes of aneurysm development and rupture. 

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