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                                    • Valley’s Neuroscience Institute Maintains Highest National Level 4 Epilepsy Center Accreditation for 2018

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                                      |Date: April 04, 2018
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                                      Valley’s Neuroscience Institute Maintains Highest National Level 4 Epilepsy Center Accreditation for 2018

                                      Valley’s Neuroscience Institute Maintains Highest National Level 4 Epilepsy Center Accreditation for 2018

                                      Valley's Neuroscience Institute's Epilepsy Clinic accreditation as a Level 4 epilepsy center by the Natio ...

                                      Valley's Neuroscience Institute's Epilepsy Clinic accreditation as a Level 4 epilepsy center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers has been reaffirmed for 2018. Level 4 epilepsy centers such ...

                                      April 04, 2018
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                                    • Valley’s Stroke Club Provides Stroke Survivors Opportunity to Share Experiences

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                                      |Date: September 06, 2017
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                                      Valley’s Stroke Club Provides Stroke Survivors Opportunity to Share Experiences

                                      Valley’s Stroke Club Provides Stroke Survivors Opportunity to Share Experiences

                                      Did you know that Valley Medical Center is home to one of the most active stroke clubs in the Puget Sound ...

                                      Did you know that Valley Medical Center is home to one of the most active stroke clubs in the Puget Sound region? Designed for stroke survivors, their families and their caregivers, the monthly meetin ...

                                      September 06, 2017
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                                    • How Many is Too Many Concussions? Q&A with a Pediatric Neurologist

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                                      |Date: August 25, 2017
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                                      How Many is Too Many Concussions? Q&A with a Pediatric Neurologist

                                      How Many is Too Many Concussions? Q&A with a Pediatric Neurologist

                                      Judy Li, DO Pediatric Neurology, Neuroscience Institute CTE Found in 99 Percent of Deceased NFL Players. ...

                                      Judy Li, DO Pediatric Neurology, Neuroscience Institute CTE Found in 99 Percent of Deceased NFL Players. This recent news headline may have grabbed your attention. The Journal of the American Medical ...

                                      August 25, 2017
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                                    • Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

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                                      |Date: August 09, 2017
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                                      Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

                                      Neuroscience Institute Medical Director Co-Authors Two Recently Published Papers

                                      David Vossler, MD, FAAN, and Medical Director of Valley's Neuroscience Institute is co-author and researc ...

                                      David Vossler, MD, FAAN, and Medical Director of Valley's Neuroscience Institute is co-author and researcher on two recent papers published in Epilepsia, the Official Journal of the International Leag ...

                                      August 09, 2017
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                                    • Types of Stroke: What is an Embolic Stroke?

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                                      |Date: April 03, 2017
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                                      Types of Stroke: What is an Embolic Stroke?

                                      Types of Stroke: What is an Embolic Stroke?

                                      Emboli are most often blood clots or pieces of plaque that have broken off from large arteries that lead ...

                                      Emboli are most often blood clots or pieces of plaque that have broken off from large arteries that lead to the brain. Emboli float in the blood stream until a vessel is blocked. The blockage may caus ...

                                      April 03, 2017
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                                    • Highlights from 2017 International Stroke Conference

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                                      |Date: April 03, 2017
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                                      Highlights from 2017 International Stroke Conference

                                      Highlights from 2017 International Stroke Conference

                                      Every year, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association sponsors the country’s largest and ...

                                      Every year, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association sponsors the country’s largest and most important stroke conference, the International Stroke Conference. This year’s conference ...

                                      April 03, 2017
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                                    • Experiencing Problems with Thinking, Speaking, or Brain Fog Following Stroke? Cognitive Testing May Help

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                                      |Date: April 03, 2017
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                                      Experiencing Problems with Thinking, Speaking, or Brain Fog Following Stroke? Cognitive Testing May Help

                                      Experiencing Problems with Thinking, Speaking, or Brain Fog Following Stroke? Cognitive Testing May Help

                                      by Neuropsychologists Erica Brandling-Bennett, PhD, and Lama Alameddine, PsyD Many stroke survivors find ...

                                      by Neuropsychologists Erica Brandling-Bennett, PhD, and Lama Alameddine, PsyD Many stroke survivors find they have problems thinking as well as they did before their stroke.  For example, some patient ...

                                      April 03, 2017
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                                    • When Your Child Has a Headache

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                                      |Date: October 18, 2016
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                                      When Your Child Has a Headache

                                      When Your Child Has a Headache

                                      Headaches are a common condition that affect about 10 million school-age children in the United States al ...

                                      Headaches are a common condition that affect about 10 million school-age children in the United States alone. The most frequent types of headaches children experience are tension-type or migraine head ...

                                      October 18, 2016
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                                    • #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neurologist David Vossler, MD

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                                      |Date: September 27, 2016
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                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neurologist David Vossler, MD

                                      #TopDocTuesday – Meet Neurologist David Vossler, MD

                                      “I love doing research that directly answers the everyday questions we face in taking care of the 40 type ...

                                      “I love doing research that directly answers the everyday questions we face in taking care of the 40 types of epilepsy and 10 types of seizures,” says Neurologist David Vossler, M.D. “I’m excited ever ...

                                      September 27, 2016
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                                    • New Research Paper from Neuroscience Institute Medical Director David Vossler

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                                      |Date: September 03, 2016
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                                      New Research Paper from Neuroscience Institute Medical Director David Vossler

                                      New Research Paper from Neuroscience Institute Medical Director David Vossler

                                      Congratulations to Neuroscience Institute Medical Director David Vossler, MD, FAAN, for the recent public ...

                                      Congratulations to Neuroscience Institute Medical Director David Vossler, MD, FAAN, for the recent publication of a research paper for which he was lead author. The research took place over a seven ye ...

                                      September 03, 2016
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