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01/06/2022
New Surgical Options for Epilepsy, Movement Disorders
Innovations include awake deep brain stimulation, interneuron transplantation research By Lindsay Kenton   Since performing the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure for epilepsy in North Carolina in 2019, neurosurgeon Derek... Read More
01/01/2022
ICYMI: Some of the biggest stories from 2021
Glioblastoma, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, MIS, and more: 10 stories from Duke Neurosurgery and Duke Neurology that you may have missed in 2021 Duke Dept. of Neurosurgery announces a new chair  Gerald Arthur Grant, MD,  has been named the new... Read More
12/16/2021
Gerald Grant, MD, Returns to Duke as Chair of Neurosurgery
Gerald Arthur Grant, MD, an internationally known surgeon-scientist, has been named the new chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University School of Medicine, effective April 1, 2022. Grant returns to Duke from Stanford... Read More
11/19/2021
A third of caregivers of kids with cancer express vaccine hesitancy
From the Duke Health News Office A survey of parents and caregivers of children with cancer found that nearly a third of them expressed hesitancy to vaccinate their youngsters against COVID-19. 
 Led by Duke researchers,  the survey... Read More
10/28/2021
Women in Neurosurgery Outreach Program Promotes Mentorship for Young Students
Duke's Women in Neurosurgery (WINS) outreach program, established in early 2021,  promotes mentorship to young students who are interested in pursuing a career in medicine especially in neurology/neurosurgery. "With early exposure and... Read More
10/04/2021
Duke Neurosurgery granted funding to study novel vaccine for pediatric brain tumors
Duke Neurosurgery and the CONNECT Consortium have been awarded a $1.8 million Food and Drug Administration R01 grant to fund a multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial of a novel vaccine to treat the malignant pediatric brain tumors high... Read More
09/15/2021
A Duke Student's Story of Survival after Brain Aneurysm
September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month In February 2018, at the age of 19, Duke University student Justin Gelman got the flu for the first time in his life. In addition to the body aches and fever, he developed a terrible headache –... Read More
08/27/2021
Hai Yan Receives Prize for Translational Neuroscience 2021
Duke brain tumor researcher Hai Yan, MD, PhD, was awarded the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation at a ceremony in Cologne, Germany, on August 26, 2021. The prize recognizes Yan’s... Read More
08/24/2021
Allan Friedman receives Cushing Award
Duke Neurosurgery's Allan Friedman, MD, has received the AANS Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery for 2020. The award was presented at the  AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, held August 21-25, 2021. The... Read More
08/05/2021
Fecci receives $1.25 million grant to support brain tumor immunotherapy research
Duke neurosurgeon Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, has been named a 2021 recipient of the prestigious Cancer Research Institute’s Lloyd J. Old STAR Award.  The STAR (Scientists Taking Risks) program provides long-term funding to mid-career... Read More

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