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
Kate McDaniel, PhD, MSW, has been named the new director of Duke AHEAD, the Academy for Health Professions Education and Academic Development.
As treatments improve for cancer that has spread to the brain and patients live longer, understanding the long-term effect of these treatments on brain function is vital. Despite treatment advances, up to 90% of patients with brain metastases experience cognitive decline due to both their cancer and the long-term side effects of their treatments.
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.