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Media Appearances

Flow State: Taking Your Team to the Ultimate Level of Performance | Alex Spiotta | TEDxCharleston

Athletes, musicians, doctors, and many other professionals know what it means to be in the zone. Neurosurgeon Alex Spiotta calls it "the flow state," and he's convinced that whole teams of people can achieve it.

MUSC’s Dr. Nathan Rowland: Improving brains in operating rooms and classrooms

Dr. Nathan Rowland knows the brain backwards and forwards. He has trained all over the world, including at Johns Hopkins University with Dr. Ben Carson. He even helped treat boxing legend Muhammad Ali at the world-renowned Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

Articles

A woman looks in a mirror and attaches a small medical device to her ear

Brain reset: MUSC nerve stimulation has promise for crippling disease plaguing young women

After days of wearing a device that stimulated nerves by her left ear, Jennifer Iacono, 29, of Columbia had an epiphany.

“My brain has been reset to the original factory settings, is the best way to describe it,” she said, clear of the brain fog, memory problems and even some of the chronic pain that normally clouds her mind. “My brain is so quiet. I didn’t realize how much noise I had until it got turned off.”

First in Carolinas: MUSC Health treats stroke patient with vagus nerve stimulation

Billy Orbach, a former president of a steel parts company, is still hard at work. It's just that his focus is narrower these days. Orbach, the first person in the Carolinas to receive a Vivistim implant to stimulate his vagus nerve to help him recover from a stroke, wants his right hand to work properly again.

Glioblastoma Awareness Day: 2 Years After a Deadly Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Patient is Ready to Return a Big Favor

The words from the neurologist still ring in Jon Davis' ears: "You've got either stage 3 or 4 brain cancer. Call in every favor that you can - whatever you need to do."

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