Think Neuro Mini: What is Palliative Care? with Dr. Akanksha Sharma
Think Neuro13 Mar 2024

Think Neuro Mini: What is Palliative Care? with Dr. Akanksha Sharma

Dr. Akanksha Sharma is a neuro-oncologist and palliative medicine specialist at the Pacific Brain Tumor Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, CA. To provide extra resources to brain cancer patients suffering from brain tumors such as glioblastoma and their care partners. Dr. Akanksha Sharma is a neuro-oncologist and palliative medicine specialist at the Pacific Brain Tumor Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, CA. To provide extra resources to brain cancer patients suffering from brain tumors such as glioblastoma and their care partners, Dr. Sharma opened a Supportive Care Clinic in 2020. The clinic offers services to deal with symptoms, quality of life, care partner burden and distress, and help alleviate suffering.

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Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Naveed Wagle

Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Naveed Wagle

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Think Neuro Mini: What is Facial Paralysis with Dr. Amit Kochhar

Think Neuro Mini: What is Facial Paralysis with Dr. Amit Kochhar

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Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Barbara Giesser

Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Barbara Giesser

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Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian

Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian

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Think Neuro Mini: The Future of Brain Tumor Care with Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian

Think Neuro Mini: The Future of Brain Tumor Care with Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian

Dr. Garni Barkhoudarian, Neurosurgeon at Pacific Neuroscience Institute and Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Neurosurgery at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, discusses his perspectives of the fut...

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12. Alzheimer’s: Too Common, and So Mysterious | Dr. Verna Porter (Updated Version Available)

12. Alzheimer’s: Too Common, and So Mysterious | Dr. Verna Porter (Updated Version Available)

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Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Natalie Diaz

Think Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Natalie Diaz

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