By Symeon Missios, MD — Long Island Brain & Spine A woman in her early sixties comes into my office holding a folded MRI report. She is calm at the front desk but unspools by the time she sits down. Her primary care doctor ordered the scan after a few weeks of...
By Symeon Missios, MD — Long Island Brain & Spine A man in his late sixties is brought into the emergency room by his daughter. She tells the triage nurse she found him slumped at the kitchen table that morning, unable to lift his right arm, his speech slurred...
A “Slow” Brain Bleed (A Neurosurgeon’s Friendly Guide) If you spend time in any neurosurgery clinic—or with a loved one in their 60s, 70s, or beyond—you’ll hear the phrase “subdural hematoma” more often than you’d expect. It sounds dramatic, and it can be. But it’s...
Strokes are so common almost everyone’s family has been touched by them. But do you have questions about Stroke that you’d love to ask a Neurosurgeon? Well, here’s your chance – Neurosurgeon Symeon Missios, MD, FAANS will be here to explain...
Dr. Symeon Missios presents at the 3rd Annual Conference of Advances in Comprehensive Stroke Care Surgery for Ischemic Stroke: The Impact of Decompressive Hemicraniectomy on Post-Stroke outcomes.
