‘It doesn’t hurt to have the knowledge’

‘It doesn’t hurt to have the knowledge’

When Debbie Ford’s daughter Sarah suffered a series of strokes, Dr. Lopes was able to perform surgery to connect one of her arteries from her scalp to her brain. Read about what Debbie Ford wishes she would have known and done differently, and about how Dr....
Javier Bolanos’ Story

Javier Bolanos’ Story

Javier Bolanos spent a month at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke late last year. In April, he toured the Chicago Bears’ Halas Hall practice facility in Lake Forest and meet Bears linebacker Roquan Smith, one of his...
News Release: Gale’s Story

News Release: Gale’s Story

Rush University Medical Center is first in Illinois to use an inside-the-artery clot removal device system to treat ischemic stroke. “The MAX System makes use of an inside-the-artery device to use suction at the point of the clot to enable complete, safer clot...
News Release: Gale’s Story

Rachel’s Story

Dr. Lopes, You are the most amazing, amazing man I have had the honor to meet and put my life in your hands. You saved my life on May 24, 2014, and there is no amount of thank yous I can say to show my gratitude. For the man that saved my life, all I could do then is...