Dr. Robert Mericle is known as "the miracle" by his patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Not only is this kind, gentle and gifted neurosurgeon an expert on Moyamoya disease, he has spent the last four years researching and developing a patch that may help increase blood flow for Moya moya patients...we will hopefully learn more within the next year.

This is a neurosurgeon who is committed to helping Moyamoya patients. He is highly respected by his peers, his staff and surgical team "the A team."

Dr. Mericle performed Heather's first EDAS (left side) January 10, 2007...she is scheduled for her second EDAS (right side) June 11, 2007.

We are blessed to have him in Middle Tennessee!

Kimberly

Greetings Kimberly

Your postings are very encouraging to me as I'm just beginning this journey.  My son Willy, 40 yrs old, was diagnosed by Dr. Mericle yesterday with two clogged carotid arteries and has a surgery scheduled for next week.  We don't know why the moyamoya condition was not discovered until he had a stroke on his right side a few weeks back.  Prior to that, all our recent attention was given to skipped heartbeats he experienced in the middle of the night and his BP shooting up. 
I'll just say hello now, as I want to get back to reading more posts.  Dr. Mericle will do 2 operations, and I'm sorry I don't know which at this moment, one next week and another later in the fall.  I'm very hopeful we've caught it in time and that he can begin recovery right away.

charley, 75, lancing, tn.

That's good to hear. I was diagnosed on June 13th of this year(2013). I am 46 years old and my doc has said nothing about surgery yet. Do I have to have a stroke before that is considered?

Greetings

Willy's second surgery went well, in fact, everything went better the second trip to Nashville to Dr. Mericle.  I could tell as soon as we got home that he was feeling better.  He mentioned that the headaches in the front of his head had stopped, as had the sharp pain in his right thigh, which was actually not from the moyamoya, but from the stroke.

I'll get some more news from Willy soon, to see how he's doing after a month.  I know he's back to working on cars, with a little help from his friends.

charley (father)

Greetings to All: (from William Coryn's father)...... Unfortunately I have bad news regarding my son William, and I want to post it here and elsewhere to draw attention to his current situation.  William was 42 when he was diagnosed with MoyaMoya and two successful surgeries were performed by Dr. Robert Mericle in Nashville, Tn.  Since then it has been a rocky road, and then a few days ago there was a severe setback and William was admitted to the JFK Hospital in Lake Worth, Fl. with occluded heart arteries, a leaky valve and one other problem.  He had been losing weight and suffering from various symptoms recently but his doctors couldn't find anything specific, until this hospital visit after they called me for permission to do a catherization and to check his heart arteries.  A decision to operate hasn't been made yet by the heart surgeon and William is on hold until his platelet situation improves.  He had recently been losing weight, down to 109 lbs as his symptoms increased.  I am posting this in detail specifically for those with MM who are older and might have similar situations, as I know this disease is so little known that I feel it needs more attention and communication.  William had Rubella syndrome at birth, and a patent ductus operation his first year, but for some reason he was in his 40's before the diagnosis of MoyaMoya.  We have been puzzled recently by his various symptoms and weight loss but couldn't determine the cause.  He has had frequent, nearly constant headaches, which are aggravated by sunlight and loud noises, now beginning to diminish somewhat.  It's been a long recovery, and we really had not anticipated this current situation.  Thus I have a personal request for you south Floridians.
If there are any of you living near Lake Worth, perhaps you could look in on him.  He was transferred last evening out of the Intensive Care ward and is awaiting surgery as soon as Monday or Tuesday.   Dawn, his interpreter, should be able to help you.  I'll be going down Monday or Tuesday. Thanks very much for your attention....

Greetings Kimberly

Your postings are very encouraging to me as I'm just beginning this journey.  My son Willy, 40 yrs old, was diagnosed by Dr. Mericle yesterday with two clogged carotid Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or and has a surgery scheduled for next week.  We don't know why the moyamoya condition was not discovered until he had a stroke on his right side a few weeks back.  Prior to that, all our recent attention was given to skipped heartbeats he experienced in the middle of the night and his BP shooting up. 
I'll just say hello now, as I want to get back to reading more posts.  Dr. Mericle will do 2 operations, and I'm sorry I don't know which at this moment, one next week and another later in the fall.  I'm very hopeful we've caught it in time and that he can begin recovery right away.