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Novel technology from Duke researchers for identifying brain tumors during the course of surgery is showing promise.

Michael Tadross, MD, PhD, joined the department of Neurosurgery as an assistant

A $3.2 million, five-year R01 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health will further advance the work being done by researchers from Duke Neurosurgery and Cleveland Clinic in the clinical application of magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) in epilepsy.

Duke Neurosurgery became a full department in the Duke School of Medicine in 2015, having previously been a division in the Department of Surgery.

Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) Monday reintroduced a resolution designating June as Brain and Spine Metastasis Awareness Month.

Duke Neurosurgery resident Alankrita Raghavan, MD, has been named the 2025 Snyderman Award winner for her project, “The Surgical Coaching Program: Developing a One-on-One Technical Curriculum for Junior Neurosurgical Residents.”

Brian FitzGerald of South Carolina spent the summer of 2024 looking for answers.

Nanthia Suthana, PhD, studies the neural mechanisms of cognition and behavior. She is especially interested in the complex processes that drive memory and emotion, and in developing therapies using neurostimulation to treat disorders that involve those processes. One such disorder is Alzheimer’s disease, which robs people of their memories. The flip side of that is PTSD, in which many patients are besieged by memories they don’t want.

Robert Kellogg, MD, has joined the Duke Department of Neurosurgery in the Pediatric Neurosurgery Division. He comes to Duke from University of Pittsburgh, where he was an assistant professor for the past five years.

Two Duke neurosurgeons were honored at the 2025 annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in Boston.