Dr. Robert Wharen
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For much of her adolescent and adult life, Erica Laney, 31, had frequent petit mal seizures. Less often, she had grand mal seizures that led to loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. The cause of the seizures was abnormal electrical activity throughout her brain. “The seizures started when I was 11 years old. I would experience three to four a month,” Erica says. “I was unable to talk during these auras and couldn’t remember anything afterwards. I felt like I was on a rollercoaster, and I was heading for the big drop. Then darkness came from behind me, enveloping me in a haze that would lead to a seizure.” The Mims, Florida, native was diagnosed with seizure disorder and had a series of tests, including MRIs, CT scans, and electroencephalograms, or EEGs. Erica also went through intracarotid sodium amobarbital, or Wada, testing, which looks at language and memory on one side of the brain at a time. While under the care of an Orlando neurologist, Erica took several medications to control her seizures. But she was never fully seizure-free.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida: Una donación de diez millones de dólares por parte de un paciente agradecido y de su esposa financiará un programa de residencia médica en neurocirugía en el campus de Mayo Clinic en Florida, con el fin de abordar la escasez nacional de especialistas en procedimientos de cabeza y columna vertebral. “Este país tiene una enorme necesidad de neurocirujanos capacitados”, comenta el Dr. Robert Wharen Jr., director de Neurocirugía en Mayo Clinic de Florida. “Actualmente hay escasez de neurocirujanos y la realidad es que eso va a empeorar, porque la cantidad de neurocirujanos que piensa jubilarse en los siguientes 10 años supera a la de médicos que es posible capacitar”, añade. La donación de diez millones de dólares por parte de los señores John y Carolyn Sonnentag de Mount Dora, Florida, creará un fondo de dotación que sustentará a perpetuidad la educación de los residentes en neurocirugía.
Kim Spadaro tells stories through scent. She travels the world capturing unique olfactory experiences and bottling them for others to share. "My experience [in these places] is really what turns it into a fragrance," she says. "I can tell you how something smells in a story." That, of course, requires a keen sense of smell. Kim used her talent and refined sense of smell to found Spadaro Luxury Fragrances and make a living capturing scents from around the world. Medical issues nearly derailed that and put an end to her perfuming days.
