Author Media and Publications

News Articles
Catching Up With The Lownie Brothers

Tidings Magazine (2024)

Ask Steve Lownie and Tim Lownie, brothers and King's alumni, about their upbringing and the answers...

Patients may benefit from 'cool' research

Medical Press (2016)

Western neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Lownie said providing a safe way to selectively cool a brain...

Neurosurgery future arrives in London

London Free Press (2009)

London brain surgeon Steve Lownie no longer has to wonder before finishing his delicate handiwork...

Robarts-based technology first in North America

Western News (2009)

The robotic-arm neuro-angiogram at University Hospital generates 3D images to assist surgeons during surgery.

First robotic-arm neuro-angiogram machine in OR

The Page - London Health Sciences Center (2009)

Dr. Lownie discusses North America's first neuro-angiogram machine in an OR at University Hospital.

Neurological Patient Grateful for Remarkable Recovery

University Hospital Newsletter (1993)

A few years ago, a cerebral angioplasty wasn't a treatment option for a patient suffering...

Published Articles
The Premonition

Canadian Medical Association Journal (2025)

I was nearing the completion of my second year of practice in neurosurgery when Mr. B was referred to me....

Cerebral Aneurysm Embolization in Ontario: The Ontario Coil Embolization Task Force

The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (2019)

The Ontario Coil Embolization Task Force, established by Critical Care Services Ontario as part of their program to support improved access to neurosurgical...

Cold blood perfusion for selective hypothermia in acute ischemic stroke

Brain Circulation (2019)

Hypothermia is the most reliably effective neuroprotectant, and yet systemic complications limit application...

Visual outcomes for surgical treatment of large and giant carotid ophthalmic segment aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery (2013)

The authors report their results in a series of large or giant carotid ophthalmic segment aneurysms clipped using retrograde suction decompression...

Stents to Prevent Strokes

American Scientist (2013)

These devices can spring into shape automatically to open arteries blocked with plaque.

Extracorporeal femoral to carotid artery perfusion in selective brain cooling for a giant aneurysm

Journal of Neurosurgery (2004)

Giant partially thrombosed intracranial aneurysms are a challenge to treat surgically, and they are also unsuitable for coil embolization...

Image-Based Computational Simulation of Flow Dynamics in a Giant Intracranial Aneurysm

American Journal of Neuroradiology (2003)

Blood flow dynamics are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis and treatment of intracranial aneurysms...

Clinical presentation and management of giant anterior communicating artery region aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery (2000)

The authors reviewed their 20-year experience with giant anterior communicating artery aneurysms to correlate...

Double Microcatheter Technique for Detachable Coil Treatment of Large, Wide-Necked Intracranial Aneurysms

American Journal of Neuroradiology (1998)

We describe a technique used to treat two patients with large, wide-necked aneurysms...

Use of a C-Arm System to Generate True Three-dimensional Computed Rotational Angiograms: Preliminary In Vitro and In Vivo Results

American Journal of Neuroradiology (1997)

To evaluate the potential use of a C-arm mounted X-ray image intensifier (XRII) system to generate three-dimensional...

Radical intracapsular removal of acoustic neurinomas

Journal of Neurosurgery (1991)

Historically, the neurosurgical treatment of large acoustic neurinomas has developed with two principal...

Patient Reviews
Dr. Stephen Lownie - Best Neuro Surgeon of Canada

Reader to Reader - London Free Press (2008)

Words can not describe the compassion, help we received from Dr. Stephen Lownie...

London Has Best Hospitals

Letter to the Editor - London Free Press (1995)

My brain surgery was performed by Stephen Lownie, a neurosurgeon, assisted...

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Operating room during neurosurgery

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Aneurysm pre-clipping.

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Aneurysm post-clipping.

Example of a rotational angiography

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Operating room during neurosurgery