Dr. John Sampson

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

Duke Neurosurgery faculty member Quinn Ostrom, PhD, has been named to the official list of 

A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can translate a person’s brain signals into what they’re trying to say.

A 60-year-old male presented to functional neurosurgeon Stephen C. Harward II, MD, PhD, with severe essential tremor (ET), a history of hypertension, and von Willebrand disease (VWD) Type 2B.

In November 2022, Mary McQueen started feeling like some of the toes on her right foot were asleep. The tingling sensation moved to her left toes, then her entire right foot.