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.
New in Duke Neurosurgery
A 44-year-old female patient came to Anoop Patel, MD, Duke neurosurgeon, after being diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumor. The patient presented to an ED in South Carolina after experiencing a seizure.
Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, was inducted to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery at the society’s annual meeting in Athens, Greece.
Duke Neurosurgery faculty member Quinn Ostrom, PhD, is featured on the Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers for the sixth time since 2020.
The annual list names researchers who have multiple publications ranked in the top 1% by citation in their fields and are further selected for exemplifying excellence and integrity in their work.
In an underground facility beneath Duke's campus – the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) – researchers are testing a new approach to radiation therapy that could transform how brain tumors are treated.