Swedish Medical Center Launches Month-Long Web Video Series on Hearing Loss

Swedish Medical Center and Dr. Douglas Backous, medical director of the Center for Hearing and Skull Base Surgery at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle, launched a month-long web video series to increase awareness of cochlear implant surgery as a treatment option for hearing loss. The web video series will culminate in a live-Tweeted and Instagrammed cochlear implant surgery followed by a text-based chat for the public to interact with leading hearing-loss experts.

Swedish offering 25 people the chance to become a “Brain Surgeon for a Day” in Seattle

25 people will be offered a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how brain surgeons are using the latest research to find new treatments for brain cancer

Dr. Greg Foltz, a brain surgeon from the Ben and Kathy Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle, is inviting 25 people (including local students) to join him on Friday, Aug. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to become a “Brain Surgeon for a Day.”