Back Pain? Try This, Not That
Did you know that nearly a quarter of adults in the U.S. have suffered from at least one day of back pain in the last three months? In fact, back pain is one of the top reasons people seek physician appointments.
Teen Has Miraculous Recovery After Life-threatening Brain Injury
His football team was trailing, so Amir Fakhari played his hardest, running and tackling each quarter to help fight their way back. Despite his efforts though, Highland Park High School lost the game that night in September, and Amir walked off the field not feeling well.
Young Patient Beats Rare Brain Tumor Thanks to Advocate Condell Neurosurgeon
Hannah Rausch has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. An avid outdoors person, the 23-year old Twin Lakes, WI resident started experiencing a tingling sensation in her eye sockets last summer while she was counseling at a nearby camp.
Dr. Citow Featured in Lake County Magazine
Our very own, Dr. Jonathan Citow is featured in the special June 2012 Men's Edition of Lake County Magazine!
Mayor’s Surgery Offers Relief
Mayor Michael D. Belsky underwent successful surgery at Highland Park Hospital on the back of his neck June 26 to relieve a chronic pain condition caused by bone spurs.
Stroke Survivor an Inspiration
At age 44, Libertyville resident Jeff Rizner has come a long way from the time seven years ago when he lay helplessly in the hospital suffering from a stroke. He has made great strides – in more ways than one – as a former patient at Condell Medical Center who now boasts an impressive record of completing tough athletic challenges.
Top Physicians
Neurosurgeon Jonathan Citow has accomplished a lot in a short amount of time. The recipient of the second highest score in the country on his neurosurgical board exam and author of five textbooks, Dr. Citow proves himself as a reliable source for others studying to be neurosurgeons.
Small-Incision Back Surgery Speeds Healing
Imaging having back surgery and going home from the hospital the same day. It's a reality, because small-incision back surgery is now available at Condell Medical Center.
Mind Menders
At 48, a man we'll call Joe greeted 2004 with what most of us might call a “clean bill of health.” No major problems, no real worries. Life was good. Then one day everything changed. His speech began to deteriorate, and within two weeks, Joe couldn't talk. Language became incomprehensible.
Neurosurgery at Condell Medical Center
Libertyville- based Condell Medical Center is a top choice for complex brain and spine disorders and surgeries. The state-of-the-art equipment and quality surgical staff mirror academic medical centers.
Stroke Victim Runs in Condell Race
Less than three years ago, Libertyville resident Jeff Rizner suffered a stroke that left the right side of his body paralized for about two months.
Dr. Jonathan Citow Performs “The Ultimate in Minimally Invasive Surgery” on Patient
A year ago, Edward O'Neill was losing his ability to communicate, suffering from headaches and incontinence, losing his mobility, had difficulty walking and balancing, and had memory disturbances. A year later, O'Neill,69, has made a remarkable recovery due to an unusual surgical procedure performed by Jonathan Citow, M.D., a neurosurgeon on staff at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.
Dr. Jonathan Citow, Chief of Neurosurgery, Condell Medical Center
Dr. Jonathan Citow is currently 37 years old and is already the chief of neurosurgery at Condell medical Center where he has, in a very short time, developed it into one of the best programs in the state. He has performed over a thousand complex surgeries with outstanding results and remains on the cutting edge of technological advances. He has developed some instrumentation that makes spinal surgery safer and more effective(patents pending).
Delving the Depths of the Mind and Spine
If you need complex brain or spinal surgery, and you live in the Lake County area, there's one place to go Condell Medical Center in Libertville.
Pacemaker for the Brain
Living with a chronic seizure disorder such as epilepsy can be an existence of disquieting uncertainty. Symptoms, which can strike at any time, can range from dizziness and headaches to violent muscle contractions and a loss of consciousness. Driving is out of the question, work can be affected and social situations are tinged with anxiety about the possibility of an attack.
Neurosurgeon Works on Cutting Edge
Microvascular decompressions, herniated lumbar disks and vegal nerve stimulators may sound like words from the script of NBC's hit TV series “ER”.
Condell Thinks Big on Brain Surgery
Until this year, Jeff Rizner would have had to travel to one of the Chicago area's largest hospitals for the complicated neurosurgery that he needed after he woke up and realized he couldn't move his right arm and right leg or talk.
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.
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.
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