Research Update

Column of Hope Announcement: March 23, 2010 We are pleased to announce that Dr Marcus Stoodley’s research, which we have funded for the past four years, has been published in the cover article of the April edition of the prestigious, Journal of Neurosurgery, J Neurosurg / Volume 112 / April 2010. click to download article We are proud that Dr Stoodley’s work, attempting to explain the 400+ year mystery of how a syrinx is formed, has been accepted by his peers in the neurosurgery community. Column of Hope has been able to fund this study and others because of the generosity of those who support the annual Working Toward a Day Without Pain Gala, and the scores of volunteers who make the event possible. Our scientific advisor, Dr Lee Guterman, has recently arranged collaboration between Dr Stoodley’s MRI experts and noted Western NY MRI scientists to further test Dr Stoodley’s findings. Dr Stoodley plans to attend the 2010 Working Toward a Day Without Pain Gala on October 23, 2010. Column of Hope would like to thank all of its supporters who have helped to make this scientific breakthrough possible.