About Institutional Repositories

Institutional repositories bring together all of an organization's research under one umbrella, with an aim to preserve, inform and exhibit that research. It provides an excellent structure for featuring accomplished research content and published works.

This Barrow - St. Joseph's Scholarly Commons repository features the research activity and scholarly works of Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, an international leader in the treatment, research, and education of brain and spinal diseases, conditions, and injuries.

The Barrow Neurological Institute is proud of its reputation as a medical research facility and is home to some of the most sophisticated research programs outside of an academic setting in the Southwestern United States. Researchers in the Barrow Neurosurgery Research Center are devoted to learning more about the causes of and treatments for a wide range of disorders, such as stroke, aneurysms, spinal cord injury, and hydrocephalus. Our research has led to treatments that are being used around the world. Within the Department are neurosurgeons who subspecialize in cerebrovascular and skull base, functional and stereotactic, pediatric, spine, tumor, and endovascular neurosurgery.

Physicians, scientists, and expert clinical staff come together with a commitment to developing new techniques for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of neurological illnesses and injuries. The leadership of internationally respected physicians keeps Barrow at the forefront of neuroscience. The compassionate expertise of its extensive staff of nurses, technologists, therapists and support personnel is evident in every aspect of care provided.

The publication content in this repository is showcased by department or research unit and the repository is maintained by library services. Contact the repository administrator at libraryservices@dignityhealth.org for additional information or further assistance.