Profiles
Patient Profile
One morning Elena woke up with pain and numbness so severe that she realized she needed medical attention right away . . . Thanks to Dr. Fogel, the bride danced without pain for the first time in years, thoroughly enjoying a wedding celebration that had almost been canceled.
Read the story on the hospital’s website.
Engineer Profile
“The concept for 3D fiber printing emerged from a group of Northrop Grumman engineers/musicians seeking to 3D print a guitar for their company rock band “Lab 125.” The plastic, however, wasn’t strong enough to support the load on the guitar neck from the strings, so they brainstormed to devise a way to add fiber reinforcing to a 3D printer to make a stronger guitar…”
Read the whole story: Northrop Grumman.
Scientist Profile
“In an era with very limited opportunities for women in STEM, Geraldine Hoch was honored and recognized as an industry expert. In 1971, she received an invitation addressed to ‘Mr.’ Geraldine Hoch that asked her to present a paper at the NATO conference. She accepted the invitation and traveled to Belgium to speak to scientists and engineers about her work...”
Read the article: Now.
Patient Profile
“One weekend in 2006, Sasha was biking at Harold Parker State Forest in Andover when he crash-landed at a bad angle, bending his left hand backward. He got up, put his bike on his back, walked an hour to get out of the woods and drove to Mass General in Boston…”
Read the case study: Massachusetts General Hospital.
Patient Profile
“These clinicians—who were also athletes themselves—had a different perspective than other providers she had seen for similar issues in the past. In this clinic, they focus specifically on injuries in women and addressing the unique sports-related problems that female athletes can have.”
Read the story on MGH’s website.
Neurology Patient Story
“She met with a neurosurgeon who bluntly rushed through a description of how the tumor was wrapped around her carotid artery and optic nerve, so there was a possibility of blindness or stroke. After sharing a tearful moment with her husband, they embraced. They looked at each other and knew this was not the right doctor for her surgery.”
Learn her outcome at massgeneral.org.