Loyola's José Biller, MD, is Co-Editor of New Textbook on Uncommon Causes of Stroke
July 5, 2018Categories: Neurology & Neurosurgery, Stroke
Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery
MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola Medicine neurologist José Biller, MD, is co-editor of an authoritative new textbook on uncommon causes of stroke.
"Uncommon Causes of Stroke" (Third Edition), published by Cambridge University Press, is a comprehensive guide for neurologists, neurosurgeons, internal medicine specialists and other healthcare professionals diagnosing, treating and assessing complex causes of strokes and other cerebrovascular disorders.
Dr. Biller, an internationally known expert on strokes, is professor and chair of the Department of Neurology of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
Senior co-editor of the textbook is Louis R. Caplan, MD, a professor of neurology at Israel-Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
The book includes 77 chapters, written by leading neurologists worldwide, on conditions associated with uncommon strokes. Dr. Biller co-authored chapters on bleeding disorders and strokes associated with kidney diseases.
The Third Edition includes chapter-by-chapter imaging findings, including up-to-date evaluation and management advice and insights into a wide variety of topics such as sickle cell disease, radiation-induced cerebrovascular disorders and CARASIL (an inherited condition that causes strokes and other impairments).
Loyola’s Comprehensive Advanced Stroke Center offers a nationally recognized team of experts in every facet of stroke-related care, including emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology, neuroradiology, rehabilitative services, social work, pharmacy and specialty nursing.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).