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
In the summer of 2025, Charlotte, NC resident Marisa Chow was 28 when she had a stroke. Months later, she was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease -- a rare cerebrovascular condition where narrowed arteries reduce the brain's blood supply. Chow came to Duke Health, where neurosurgeon Erik F. Hauck, MD, performed a cerebral artery bypass surgery to improve blood flow in Chow’s brain. Now Chow says she’s “back to how I was, honestly, not even pre-surgery, but before I started experiencing all of the symptoms.”
A 28-year-old female patient experienced weakness on the right side of her face, dysarthria, and numbness on her face and hand, with episodes occurring several times.
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.