Department of Neurosurgery
An Unlikely URI Grad: 7 years ago, she beat huge odds just to survive
Credit: The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach
“HOPKINTON — Julia DeGiovanni was minutes from death when she was rushed into Rhode Island Hospital.
Both pupils were blown, a sign of the burst aneurysm that was pushing blood down on her cerebrum, which in turn was pushing down on her brain stem.
‘The number of people who survive in her condition is very, very low,’ said her surgeon, Dr. Wael F. Asaad, director of functional and epilepsy neurosurgery at Rhode Island Hospital.
Seven-and-a-half years later, DeGiovanni will walk across the stage Sunday at the University of Rhode Island with a degree in communication studies and a body that is still recovering from a cascading series of medical traumas.”
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Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD
Sidney A. Fox and Dorothea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Vice-Chair, Research
Director, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Program
Director, Laboratory for Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation
Associate Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program
Director, Fellowship in Functional & Epilepsy Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Vice-Chair, Research
Director, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Program
Director, Laboratory for Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation
Associate Director, Neurosurgery Residency Training Program
Director, Fellowship in Functional & Epilepsy Neurosurgery