Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
The Barrow Neuroscience Research Center at Barrow Neurological Institute houses world-class research laboratories, and lecture facilities. The 70,000 square foot facility was built in 1999 to advance the scope of research through technically advanced equipment and a highly specialized research staff.
Known for its sophisticated equipment, facilities, and resources, and for its outstanding faculty and staff, the center attracts the best and brightest investigators from around the globe to conduct basic and clinical research in virtually all areas of neurology and neurosurgery. Research is comprehensively integrated into a multi-disciplinary system which allows direct application to patient care and treatment.
The achievements are many and represent major breakthroughs in many areas, including gene discovery, underlying mechanisms of neurological diseases, and the development of new surgical techniques such as hypothermic circulatory arrest, which is now used worldwide to treat complex aneurysms.
One of the unique components of the Barrow Neuroscience Research Center and its staff is the focus on education both for medical professionals and the community. The Barrow Neuroscience Research Center provides a variety of opportunities for physicians to learn new surgical procedures, perform diagnostic testing and evaluate equipment hands on before applying techniques to patient care.
Residents at the Barrow Neurological Institute spend a portion of their training participating in research projects at the Barrow Neuroscience Research Center. Many of the physicians at Barrow actively participate in research that has led to new diagnostic testing, medical treatment, and surgical techniques.
Students are a common sight within the Barrow Neuroscience Research Center laboratories, participating in programs designed for young people to experience medicine close-up. Participants observe procedures, and surgery first-hand, attend lectures and participate in research.
The research staff participate in lectures across the world to share information and discoveries. The staff also provide lectures for community organizations to increase the understanding how research impacts our lives.
The Barrow Neuroscience Research Center is an extraordinary place that facilitates research, learning, teaching, and discoveries.
Basic and Clinical Research Programs
Basic and clinical research programs include adult and pediatric neurology, neuropsychology, and neurosurgery. Neurobiology is a strong basic science department with a national and international reputation for its contributions to complex movements, spinal cord interaction, locomotion, brain plasticity, receptor chemistry, pain research, and visual perception. The Keller Center for Imaging Innovation likewise combines the expertise of the physicists, engineers, and radiologists that have led to such advances as motion-insensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Along with its basic and clinical research efforts, Barrow's Neuroscience Research Center is lauded for its outstanding teaching programs and ongoing education for high school, college undergraduate and postgraduate students, and medical professionals.
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