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Neurosurgery Programs

  1. Movement Disorder Management (Medical and Surgical)
    Disorders: Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Multiple Sclerosis-related Tremor
    1. Deep brain stimulation (subthalamic, thalamic, pallidal, pontine)
    2. Lesioning (gamma knife radiosurgical thalamotomy)
    3. Movement disorder analysis research (virtual reality and simulation)
    4. Microelectrode recording research
  2. Cellular Repair
    1. Cellular transplantation for stroke (fetal stem cell, bone marrow derived neuroprogenitor cell; both currently pending FDA clearance)
    2. Development of cell delivery devices and testing
  3. Surgery for Behavioral Disorders
    1. Cortical stimulation for major depression (dorsolateral left prefrontal cortex)
    2. Deep brain stimulation for major depression; anterior internal capsule
    3. Gamma knife radiosurgical capsulotomy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
    4. Deep brain stimulation for OCD
    5. Deep brain stimulation for Tourette’s syndrome
  4. Neurosurgery for Epilepsy
    1. Diagnostic surgery
    2. Craniotomy for lesion or brain resection
    3. Vagal nerve stimulation
  5. Neurocognitive Outcomes after Parenchymal Brain Surgery
    1. Cognitive measurements after endoscopic, stereotactic or craniotomy-based brain tumor management
  6. Management of Children
    1. Spasticity and cerebral palsy
    2. Dystonia
  7. Dementia Care

Brain Function & Behavior Referral Info:

Kelly Powell
(412) 647-7744
 

 

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