Dr. Grant talks to a young patient at bedside

Duke Neurosurgery

Duke represents excellence in neurosurgical care, research, and education. A team of highly skilled neurosurgeons provide comprehensive care for patients in all sub-specialties. Clinicians embrace a multidisciplinary, team-based approach to care, with a commitment to the very best patient outcomes. Duke Neurosurgery excels at translational research, moving innovations rapidly from bench to bedside.
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Duke Spine Center
Dr. Chandramohan in her lab

Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center
Leadership of the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis, left to right: Carey Anders, MD; Anoop Patel, MD; Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD; Peter Fecci, MD, PhD; John Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD; and Betsy Fricklas, PA-C, MMSc.

Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis

Highlights

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Get to Know Our Residents

Meet the 21 members of our outstanding team of residents
Nanthia Suthana looks at VR scenes being shown to her study volunteer with her lab colleague.

Neurorestoration

Reimagining recovery from brain and spine injury and disease
10 Years 10 Milestones A Decade of Innovation and Impact

10 Years, 10 Milestones

Highlights of the first decade of Duke Neurosurgery

New in Duke Neurosurgery

Matthew Waitkus, PhD

Researchers in the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke have identified

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Duke Neurosurgery ranked sixth for funding nationally among neurosurgery departments in the U.S. according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Eric Hauck, MD
In the summer of 2025, Charlotte, NC resident Marisa Chow was 28 when she had a stroke. Months later, she was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease -- a rare cerebrovascular condition where narrowed arteries reduce the brain's blood supply. Chow came to Duke Health, where neurosurgeon Erik F. Hauck, MD, performed a cerebral artery bypass surgery to improve blood flow in Chow’s brain. Now Chow says she’s “back to how I was, honestly, not even pre-surgery, but before I started experiencing all of the symptoms.”
Eric Hauck, MD

A 28-year-old female patient experienced weakness on the right side of her face, dysarthria, and numbness on her face and hand, with episodes occurring several times.

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