{"id":2067,"date":"2018-09-20T14:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/?page_id=2067"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:31:31","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2067\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2067-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2067-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2067-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h1>News<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-2067-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2067-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2067-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3>Press<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"uctoday-plugin uctoday-plugin-cols-3\">\n      <div class=\"uctoday-list-item uctoday-pictures uctoday-celled\">\n      <div class=\"uctoday-img-container\">\n        <a title=\"Read about 1 of 4 in the US for Advanced Brain, Spine Tumor Diagnostics\" href='https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/02\/1-of-3-in-the-us-for-advanced-brain-spine-tumor-diagnostics\/?utm_source=uconn-today-plugin' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"woman in lab coat looking into microscope\" class=\"uctoday-cell-image\" src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anatomic-pathology-wu-qian-1500x1000-UCH-2025-0723-2113-768x512.jpg\" \/>\n                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"uctoday-title-container\">\n                <a class=\"uctoday-cell-title\" href='https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/02\/1-of-3-in-the-us-for-advanced-brain-spine-tumor-diagnostics\/?utm_source=uconn-today-plugin' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\">1 of 4 in the US for Advanced Brain, Spine Tumor Diagnostics<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <div class=\"uctoday-list-item uctoday-pictures uctoday-celled\">\n      <div class=\"uctoday-img-container\">\n        <a title=\"Read about UConn Health Minute: Innovative Stroke Therapy\" href='https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/12\/uconn-health-minute-innovative-stroke-therapy\/?utm_source=uconn-today-plugin' target='_blank' rel=\"noopener\">\n                      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Musician and stroke patient Peter Skaar during a therapy session with Rhonda Hickey, UConn Health occupational therapist. 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