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Unruptured Brain Aneurysm

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I would love to know who your doctor was at UCSF? I was recently diagnosed with an 3.7 aneurysm in my basilar artery. I did have an acoustic neuroma 31 years ago that I never fully recovered from because my doctor accidentally nicked my brain stem upon removal. I see my local neurologist Wednesday (although not a neurosurgeon) but know first hand that a good neurosurgeon can make the difference. I’m trilled your experience turned out favorable.
Thank you for any information you can provide. I live in Portland Oregon so travel to UCSF is absolutely doable.

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@sugarbaby : Happy to share. The neurosurgeon at UCSF is Dr. Winkler. You can have your scan sent digitally to UCSF. (Hopefully the clinic where you had it done has the information of how to easily transfer scans digitally.) My first visit with Dr. Winkler was a ZOOM visit. He'll put your scan on your computer screen and go over the particulars and make a recommendation. And you wouldn't have to fly in for a pre-procedure visit. The anesthesia dept. orders blood work and spends 45 minutes on the phone with you taking your health history. I was also surprised (but shouldn't have been, I guess) that they seemed to have records of all my doctor visits at the Sutter health organization, which is not affiliated with UCSF, and the meds I take. Sharon is the person who schedules for him and to eventually get to her dial 415-353-7500. Also, when I first found out I had an aneurysm, and was majorly stressing out, I found a video on-line by a neurosurgeon at the the Univ. of Penn. It is a 35 minute video that was so informative it calmed my stress and anxiety until I could schedule with Dr. Winkler. Just type in the google search bar, "Dr. Omar Chouddhri University of Penn. aneurysm video." He brought up the fact that many patients who are referred to him for an aneurysm actually have something else called infundibulum, which is mistaken for an aneurysm. Anyway, great video about aneurysms if you're interested.