LAWRENCE, MA and HYANNIS, MA, January 24, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Drasko Simovic, MD, has been recognized as a 2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctor — the 11th year he has received the prestigious Top Doctor honor. Only 7 percent of the nation's licensed physicians are selected annually as Castle Connolly Top Doctors in their regions for...

BOSTON, MA, February 02, 2018 -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Boston's Neurology specialist Dr. Drasko Simovic for inclusion in its highly selective list of Castle Connolly Top Doctors this year. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. publishes its list of Castle Connolly Top Doctors at www.castleconnolly.com, as well...

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a healthcare research and information company founded in 1991 by a former medical college board chairman and president to help guide consumers to America’s top doctors and top hospitals. Castle Connolly’s established nomination survey, research, screening, and selection process, under the direction of an MD, involves many hundreds of thousands...

LAWRENCE and HYANNIS, Mass., June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Dr. Drasko Simovic for inclusion in its highly selective 2014 Top Doctors list. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a highly regarded healthcare research and information company that identifies top doctors in America and...

The Expert Network celebrates its newest member, Dr. Drasko Simovic Lawrence and Hyannis, MA, November 11, 2015 - Dr. DraskoSimovic, Medical Director of AANEM Accredited EMG Laboratory with Exemplary Status in Lawrence and Hyannis MA, has joined the Expert Network as a Distinguished Doctor™, a distinction based on peer reviews and ratings, numerous recognitions, and...

LAWRENCE and HYANNIS, Mass., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vitals is pleased to announce that Dr. Drasko Simovic has been honored with the prestigious 2013 Compassionate Doctor Award. The accolade, which recognizes physician excellence, is given only to doctors who receive outstanding patient reviews throughout the calendar year. Of the nation's 870,000 active physicians, only...

HYANNIS, Mass. and LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dr. Drasko Simovic, medical director of the EMG Laboratory, was selected by his peers as an outstanding doctor in Boston area. After an extensive nomination and research process conducted by Key Professional Media, Inc., the results were published in Boston Super Doctors®, a special section...

HYANNIS and LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EMG Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility for electrodiagnostic medicine, was awarded the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine's (AANEM) highest level of recognition, Accreditation with Exemplary Status. EMG Laboratory has provided advanced testing of nerves and muscles to communities in and around Merrimack Valley and Cape...

Dr. Drasko Simovic of Lawrence and Hyannis, MA is ranked among the top physicians in the nation The Compassionate Doctor certification is part of the Patients' Choice recognition program, where patients rate and vote for their favorite doctors. Dr. Drasko Simovic commented on the recognition: "This is quite an honor for me. I am very...

Most people have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, but not everyone knows when they have a condition in which the median nerve in the wrist is compressed by the overused, swollen tendons and wrist ligaments. The compression causes pain, numbness and tingling in the hand. Simply put, the problem is a pinched nerve, which people...

The findings, reported in this month's Archives of Neurology, were derived from Dr. Jeffrey Isner's study of patients with arterial disease severe enough to possibly require amputation. Funded by Genzyme, the study's aim was to improve circulation by injecting vascular endothelial growth factor to grow blood vessels. One patient, whom Dr. Drasko Simovic called "very...

A progressive medical condition that has caused serious nerve damage in 20 million Americans may now be reversible thanks to a new gene treatment recently developed by doctors at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. "Up to this point, there were no options in hopes of reversing the condition," said lead researcher Dr. Drasko Simovic....

ALS currently affects about 100 people on Cape Cod, about 400 people statewide and about 30,000 in the U.S. The disease destroys the nerve cells that control muscles, ultimately causing complete paralysis while leaving mental function intact, according to Dr. Drasko Simovic… Typically the initial weakness affects the arms more than the legs, which is...

Researches at Tufts University in Massachusetts have discovered that placing a gene that is associated with blood vessel growth in a solution and injecting it into affected area restores sensation in the limbs. Researcher Dr. Simovic has a hunch that the gene stimulates blood vessel growth directly; however, he says, it might also repair nerves,...

Doctors who were trying to grow new blood vessels with gene therapy found a welcome side effect: The therapy repaired what they thought was permanent nerve damage. The patients had poor circulation in their legs, several due to diabetes. Without treatment, they faced possible amputation. They already had ischemia, or a serious lack of blood...

Drasko Simovic, David H. Weinberg: Carpal tunnel syndrome. Arch Neurol/vol 57, May 2000, p:754-755. Hội chứng ống cổ tay (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – CTS) là bệnh tổn thương một dây thần kinh hay gặp nhất trên lâm sàng. Mặc dù ngày nay bệnh được biết đầy đủ, nhưng cũng phải mất gần 100 năm từ...

Studies of the use of gene therapy for revascularization in peripheral vascular disease patients were described at AHA by Dr. Drasko Simovic of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts). Simovic’s studies involved the intramuscular injection of a gene encoding for VEGF in patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy of the leg. Of a total of 22...

Doctors trying to grow new blood vessels in the legs of patients with poor circulation yesterday reported an unexpected result: In 10 of 19 patients, the gene therapy treatment appeared to repair nerve damage that is usually considered irreversible. Researchers at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, led by Dr. Drasko Simovic, assistant professor of...

這項報告由Drasko Simovic博士領導，報 告中表示，在治療後6個月，有63%的病患，其 腿部的神經損害情形有所改善；有 53%的病患 ，其神經反應方面有所改善；在17位病患中， 有19件腿部情況被完全治癒的醫治病...

Gene therapy with a blood vessel growth factor appears to improve the painful nerve damage that sometimes occurs when artery disease reduces blood supply to the legs, Massachusetts researchers report....

A neurologist who works part time in Lawrence has just announced research that offers the first-ever evidence of reversing nerve damage in the legs by using gene therapy. The new study marks an exciting possibility for medicine, showing for the first time that it is possible to regrow nerves in the legs....

The research was published in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, and was led by Dr. Drasko Simovic, assistant professor of neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine. To find out if VEGF gene therapy can repair nerves directly, or if it is stimulated blood vessel growth that engenders the repair, the researchers are...