Oncology

Roche, a global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, is acquiring Ignyta for $27 per share in an all-cash transaction. This corresponds to a total transaction value of $1.7 billion on a fully diluted basis.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. The neurosurgery department at Yale University School of Medicine launched in 1918 and has grown into the department of neurosurgery at Yale New Haven Hospital, which trains neurosurgeons through the recently unveiled Franklin Robinson Fellowship.…

Via Christi Hospital St. Francis (Wichita, Kan.). Founded in the early 2000s, Via Christi’s Comprehensive Stroke Center has years of experience providing care for stroke patients from across the community. The hospital staffs a 20-bed neurocritical care unit and offers…

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.). Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s 16-physician neurological faculty members perform more than 5,000 surgeries and procedures annually. As one of the busiest academic neurosurgery centers in the country, Vanderbilt’s department of neurosurgery trains 21 residents…

Wake Forest Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). The department of neurology and neurosurgery at Wake Forest Baptist Health includes one of 33 Joint Commission-designated Comprehensive Stroke Centers and one of 34 ALS centers in the country. The health system’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center…

UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). The UT Southwestern neurological surgery department comprises 22 faculty members across several subspecialties. Its neuro-oncology program, which is supported by the Annette G. Strauss Center for Neuro-Oncology, works in concert with the hospital’s nationally ranked…

OHSU Hospital (Portland, Ore.). OHSU Hospital, established in 1975, has grown to include the Brain Institute for treating simple and complex neurological disorders. OHSU Hospital has been one of the top institutions in the nation for research funding from the…

OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus). OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus-based OhioHealth’s 1,059-bed teaching hospital, is home to the OhioHealth Neuroscience Center. The Neuroscience Center, which was opened in 2015, is a 409,000-square-foot facility with 224 beds dedicated to serving inpatient and outpatient neuro and spine patients. In…

Ochsner Medical Center (New Orleans). Ochsner Medical Center is home to the Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, which employs nine neurosurgeons. In 2015, Ochsner’s neurosurgical team completed 1,294 surgeries, demonstrating significant growth over to 2013, when the team saw 1,040 patients. Ochsner Medical Center is also…

NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). NYU Langone Medical Center’s neurosurgical volume has more than doubled in the last five years. In 2016, the medical center’s department of neurosurgery reported more than 68,000 neurology patients and 14,000 neurosurgery patients annually. As of 2016, this…