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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.
Dr. Goodwin with a patient

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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

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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

Reimaging 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

Nanthia Suthana looks at VR scenes being shown to her study volunteer with her lab colleague.

With the increase in quality and decrease in costs, virtual reality is pushing its way into applications its early creators could only dream of—and health care is not exempt from this transformation.

Members of the HIGS FLASH team.

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.

Megan Phillips
Megan Phillips has been named the next chief administrative officer for Duke Neurosurgery and Duke Neurology. Phillips has been with Duke Neurology for 15 years, with the last three as the department's chief administrative officer.
Jeffrey S. Johns, MD
Jeffery S. Johns, MD, has been named as the first chief of the newly established Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by Duke Neurosurgery and Duke Orthopaedics, effective March 23, 2026.
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