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UW electrical engineering doctoral candidate and CSNE team member Margaret Thompson performs laboratory tests on a Medtronic deep brain stimulator to verify that the new closed-loop system for essential tremor functions as intended. Mark Stone/University of Washington
Brain signals deliver first targeted treatment for world’s most common movement disorder
Essential Tremor affects an estimated 7 million people in the U.S. alone and can be treated with Deep Brain Stimulation, where an electrode stimulates the brain to quiet the symptoms.
An angiogram showing blood being blocked by a clot on the left and the restored blood flow on the right.
Dr. Louis Kim Interviewed on KOMO News about emergency surgery to save stroke patient
Dr. Louis J. Kim, Vice-Chair and Chief of Neurological Surgery at Harborview Medical Center was featured in a KOMO news story about a stroke patient, Sue McNeely, who underwent life-saving…
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The journal Neurosurgery names UW Neurological Surgery team article as Cerebrovascular Paper of the Year
Congratulations to UW Neurological Surgery co-authors whose paper entitled "Cerebral Revascularization for Aneurysms in the Flow Diverter Era" has been selected as the Neurosurgery Top…
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Dr. Christine Mac Donald and team publish JAMA - Neurology article on 5-Year Outcome after Concussive Blast Brain Injury
Dr. Christine Mac Donald, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, is first author on an important paper published in the May 1, 2017 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association -…
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Dr. Christine Mac Donald discusses her findings on traumatic brain injury in soldiers on KING 5 news
Dr. Christine Mac Donald, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, was interviewed on KING 5 about her work that suggests brain injuries in soldiers can change or grow worse over time, rather…