Neurology & Neurosurgery Clinical Insights

• Research Scientist Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, PhD, was recently awarded a prestigious R01 grant totaling $2.2 million from the NIH to explore the metabolic regulation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in traumatic brain injury (TBI). This project will investigate how activation of the energy-sensing enzyme AMPK influences NET formation and inflammation in the brain following TBI. By understanding the interplay between metabolism and immune response, the research aims to uncover new therapeutic strategies to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes for patients suffering from TBI.
• We recently performed the first two stentoplasties using a first-of-its-kind FDA-approved device (Neva DS). This procedure treated recalcitrant cerebral vasospasm, which was complicating an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Together with the Neuro ICU team, Henry Ford Innovations invented a 3D-printed clip to secure the connection between extra ventricular drains (EVD) and transducers, helping to prevent infection from environmental exposure. The clip has worked flawlessly for more than six years. In that time, there has not been a single connection issue between an EVD and transducer.
• Tisa Johnson-Hooper, MD is spearheading our GROW Center for Autism and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. The center is a multidisciplinary program, which combines pediatric care across specialties, diagnostics, therapies and research for pediatric patients with autism or another intellectual disability.