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Former Barrow residents: where they are, what they’re doing David Levy, MD Neurosurgery, 1995 David Levy, a Barrow Neurological Institute alumnus, recently published Gray Matter about his experiences as a neurosurgeon. Dr. Levy finished his neurosurgery training at Barrow in 1995 and now practices in San Diego, Calif. Here’s what Amazon.com has to say about Dr. Levy’s book: A blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if he could pray for them before surgery. Some are thrilled.
Some are skeptical. Some are hostile, and some are quite literally transformed by the request. Each chapter focuses on a specific case, opening with a detailed description of the patient’s diagnosis and the procedure that will need to be performed, followed by the prayer “request.” From there, readers get to look over Dr. Levy’s shoulder as he performs the operation, and then we wait—right alongside Dr. Levy, the patients, and their families—to see the final results. Dr. Levy’s musings on what successful and unsuccessful surgical results imply about God, faith, and the power of prayer are honest and insightful. As we watch him come to his ultimate conclusion that no matter what the results of the procedure are, “God is good,” we cannot help but be truly moved and inspired.
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Sandipan Pati, MD Neurology, 2011 Sandipan Pati, MD, who completed his Neurology residency at Barrow Neurological Institute this year, is one of the authors of an article recently published in Nature Protocol. The article describes research into noninvasive brain stimulation using ultrasound. Since publication of the article, news of the research has been highlighted in various scientific and news media. Dr. Pati’s co-authors are Yusuf Tufail, Anna Yoshihiro and Monica M. Li, all of Arizona State University, and William J. Tyler of Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Roanoke, Virg.
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