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1995 Barrow surgeons, led by Dr. Spetzler, perform the world’s first cardiac standstill on a pregnant woman. Cheryl Jones delivers a healthy boy several months later. The Huger Mercy Living Center, a residential facility for people with dementia, opens with major funding from Raymond Huger, MD.
2002 Dr. Spetzler performs a cardiac standstill on Chase Meseroll, 5, the youngest person to undergo the operation. Dr. Sonntag is named the Honored Guest of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Dickman uses a technique developed at Barrow to reattach
1996 Muhammad Ali appears at Celebrity Fight Night for the first time. Proceeds from the event benefit Parkinson’s services at Barrow.
The 70,000-square-foot Neuroscience Research Center opens, with major funding from the Hyman Golden family, the Del E. Webb Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Goldman.
1999 U.S. News & World Report recognizes Barrow as one of the 10 best centers for neurosurgery and neurology in the country, an honor Barrow continues to earn.
1997 Barrow acquires a Gamma Knife, still the only one in Arizona and one of about 125 in the U.S. Kris Smith, MD, serves as the director of Gamma Knife.
The Horace W. Steele Chair of Neurosurgical Education, funded by the Steele Foundation, is awarded to Dr. Spetzler.
Joseph Zabramski, MD, and Eric Johnson, PhD, contribute to the Human Genome Project by identifying the gene that causes the inherited form of cerebral cavernous malformations.
Marcos Parra’s skull to his spinal column after a nearly fatal car accident.
2003 Barrow opens the nation’s first Hypothalamic Hamartoma Center, successfully treating children from around the world with the devastating brain tumor.
Michelle Robson and Julie Wrigley. Major gifts come from Julie Wrigley, Michelle and Ed Robson, the Earl Petznick family, the Virginia G. Piper Foundation, the Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation, Barrow Neurosurgical Associates, the Stardust Foundation, Stevie and Karl Eller, Deborah and Bruce Downey, and Doris and John Norton.
Jim Pipe, PhD, leads development of PROPELLER, a method of obtaining clear MRI images regardless of patient movement. The John and Betty Vandenburgh Chair is endowed for ALS treatment and research.
The Pushing Boundaries campaign is launched to raise funds for a $200-million hospital building project. Co-chairs are
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