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SNG brings big city care to smaller communities
Reno, NV–Sierra Neurosurgery Group, the regions largest and longest standing neurosurgical practice, has established clinics throughout northern Nevada in order to make exceptional spine and brain care available to those living throughout the region. In addition to...
Dr. Demers in Sparks Tribune on head injury prevention
Reno, NV – The Sparks Tribune tapped Dr. Demers for some sage advice on head injury prevention in the February 6, 2012 edition of the daily paper. Dr. Demers touched on prevention tips for drivers, cyclists, roller sports and snow sports fans. Click this link to read...
Dr. Demers joins ThinkFirst Board
Reno, NV – Dr. Christopher Demers joins fellow Sierra Neurosurgery Group surgeon Dr. Jay K. Morgan on the Board of Directors for ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada. The Board of directors includes three neurosurgeons (Drs. Demers and Morgan, as well as Dr. Lali Sekhon of...
SNG physicians now working with Northern Nevada Medical Center
Reno, NV – Sierra Neurosurgery Group has announced that two of their physicians will now be caring for patients at Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks, Nevada. Deven Khosla, MD and Christopher P. Demers, MD will now be performing spine surgeries in select cases...
Routine Head Hits in School Sports May Cause Brain Injury
ScienceDaily (Nov. 14, 2011) — The brain scans of high school football and hockey players showed subtle injury -- even if they did not suffer a concussion -- after taking routine hits to the head during the normal course of play, according to a University of Rochester...
Vitamin D may aid in spinal fusion recovery
ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2011) — A new study indicates that many patients undergoing spine surgery have low levels of vitamin D, which may delay their recovery. In a study of 313 patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery, orthopaedic surgeons at Washington University...
Dr. Morgan joins board of Brain and Spine Injury Prevention Program
Reno, NV (PRWEB) October 4, 2011–ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada has launched as a not-for-profit organiztion in Reno, Nevada, in an effort to improve brain and spine injury awareness and prevention. Each year, an estimated 1.7 million persons in the United States...
SNG hosts interdisciplinary case conference
Reno, NV – Sierra Neurosurgery Group hosted a group of medical specialists for their quarterly Neuroscience Case Conference at Brick's Restuarant on September 28. Medical specialists from a range of disciplines attended and all in the medical community are invited to...