News & Press

August 27, 2001
Surgeon Had No Choice but to Operate on Elderly Man

Imagine if the simple act of talking, eating, drinking – even touching – resulted in severe, stabbing facial pain. That's what happens in people with trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the trigeminal nerve that sprouts from the brain stem and supplies sensation to much of the head. The pain… Read More

April 1, 2001
Operating Inside the Brain and Outside the Box

Dr, Jonathan Citow gazes out his office window and comments that he's only a few blocks from the place where he worked as a youth, dreaming of a career in the medical profession. A childhood spent watching M.A.S.H. sparked his interest in medicine, and fitting customers… Read More

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