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May 2, 2006
WGN9 News Weeknight at 9 : Medical Watch
WGN9 News at 9 broadcasted NOVA system on Medical Watch: New technology changing the way doctors looked at the brain, a tour of the brain vessels without ever going into the operation room.
October 6, 2006
The first International Symposium on Flow Measurement in Cerebrovascular Surgery was held immediately prior to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting in Chicago.
A broad and internationally renowned faculty presented their experiences with flow measurement in decision making for aneurysms, EC-IC bypass, endovascular revascularization and arteriovenous malformations. This was an inaugural event to invite interest in the formation of a new International Society for Quantitative Neuovascular Medicine.
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September 11, 2006
VasSol, Inc. co-founder and President, Fady T. Charbel is a recipient of the Wall Street Journal’s 2006 Technology Innovation Awards.
About the Wall Street Technology Innovation Award: The Wall Street Journal’s annual Technology Innovation Awards, now in their 6th year, recognize breakthrough technology from around the world in the categories of medicine and medical devices, consumer electronics, internet security, wireless, semi-conductors and others.
The Journal received over 600 entries for this year’s contest. NOVA, which helps doctors decide whether surgery or drug therapy is the best treatment for patients at risk of stroke, was named one of the top 10 innovations of 2006 in the medical device category.
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Birth Defect Led to Stroke in Senator, Doctors Say by LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
New York Times Dec 19, 2006
With Lasers and Daring, Doctors Race to Save a Young Man’s Brain by DENISE GRADY