NorthShore is First in Chicagoland area offering New Technology to Reach Brain Tumors Previously Deemed ‘Inoperable’

NorthShore is one of only three sites in Illinois offering this technologyHaving a full throttle life professionally and with her three children, 44-year old Jill Vannatta has a new normal as she recuperates from brain surgery. A mass five inches deep into the thalamus portion of her brain was successfully removed through an opening smaller than a dime. An avid hunter jumper, she was in Florida participating in a horse show when the mass was discovered. She flew home for surgery performed by Julian Bailes, MD, at NorthShore University HealthSystem