“He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.” – Thomas Carlyle 

PNA Spotlight: Dr. Juan Fernandez-Miranda

This month the PNA Spotlight focuses on Dr. Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda, a Professor of Neurosurgery and the Surgical Director of Brain Tumor, Skull Base and Pituitary Centers at Stanford University. Dr. Fernandez-Miranda did a neurosurgery residency at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. He completed a fellowship in microsurgical neuroanatomy at the University of Florida. He did clinical training in cerebrovascular surgery at the University of Virginia, and in endoscopic endonasal and open skull base surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He joined the faculty at Stanford earlier this year. He was kind enough to answer some questions from the PNA. His answers are below:

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PNA Medical Corner: Cushing Disease and Double Pituitary Adenoma

This month in the PNA Medical Corner we focus on a study coauthored by two members of the PNA: Drs. Adriana Ioachimescu and Nathan Zwagerman. The research is a case study of a woman with two pituitary tumors.

Consecutive resections of double pituitary adenoma for resolution of Cushing disease: illustrative case