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Pre-operative prediction of post-operative urinary retention in lumbar surgery: a prospective validation of machine learning model

Congratulations Drs. Katharina Busl and Carolina Maciel on the publication of “Pre-operative prediction of post-operative urinary retention in lumbar surgery: a prospective validation of machine learning model,” which appears in the September issue of European Spine Journal.     Abstract Purpose Predicting urinary retention is difficult. The aim of this…

Mike Pizzi selected for Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Grant!

Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Awards are given to  applications for creative and flexible faculty development activities, including, but not limited to: educational experiences/conferences, work with consultants/experts, time devoted to intensive writing or creative work or activities in support of a new direction for one’s scholarly work. Congratulations to Dr. Pizzi for…

Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors: A pandemic in its own right?

COVID-19 survivors have increased risk of being diagnosed with neurological and psychiatric conditions, with the risk greatest in patients who had a severe form of the disease, according to study by Oxford researchers. University of Florida neurointensivist Dr. Chris Robinson discusses COVID’s impact on the body after acute symptoms have…

Tryptophan Metabolism and Gut-Brain Homeostasis

Congratulations Dr. William Roth on the publication of “Tryptophan Metabolism and Gut-Brain Homeostasis”, in the February issue of International Journal of Molecular Science. Abstract Tryptophan is an essential amino acid critical for protein synthesis in humans that has emerged as a key player in the microbiota-gut-brain axis. It is the…

BRAIN Building Seminar, March 5, 2021!

Please register for the latest BRAIN Building seminar hosted by the UF Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience Center on Friday, March 5, at 11 am. Dr. Lisa Merck, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Christopher Robinson, Assistant Professor in the Department of…

Sedation drug shows promise for neurological benefits after subarachnoid hemorrhage

A drug widely used for anesthesia and sedation in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, a life-threatening form of stroke mostly caused by an aneurysm rupture, could have other potential benefits such as helping to protect against a secondary brain injury in those patients, UF researchers reported in a comprehensive review of…

Neurology Grand Rounds

“Halting Secondary Brain Injury in Hypoxic-Ischemic Insults & Improving Accuracy in Neuroprognostication”   Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Director of Research, Department of Neurocritical Care PO Box 100236 Gainesville, FL  32610…

Neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 and other severe respiratory viral contagions

SCCM Pod-410 COVID-19 Neurologic Manifestations Review neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 and other severe respiratory viral contagions (Robinson C, et al. Crit Care Explor. 2020;2:e0107) with host Ludwig H. Lin, MD, and author Christopher P. Robinson, DO, MS. In their discussion, they touch on Identifying primary and secondary neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19, the…