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Two Duke surgeons are collaborating to offer peripheral nerve care by combining surgical reanimation with nerve restoration therapy in one of the first practices of its kind in the Carolinas.

A dozen faculty and staff in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery have served our country, representing every branch of the Armed Forces

Duke Health researchers have identified a unique process within the environment of deadly brain tumors that drives resistance to immune-boosting therapies and could be targeted to promote the effects of those drugs.

The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center traces its beginnings to 1937, when Barnes Woodhall, MD, came to Duke as its first chief of neurosurgery (and the only neurosurgeon in North Carolina).

Duke University Hospital has been selected as a Center of Excellence for the treatment of brain abnormalities called cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) in both adults and children.

In the United States, women make up about 6% of neurosurgeons, and about 16% of neurosurgery residents. Although this number is growing, there is still a sizable gender disparity in residents training to be neurosurgeons.

Since his arrival at Duke Neurosurgery in January 2022, David M.

The Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis (DCBSM) is one of Duke’s fastest-growing clinical programs.

Four clinical and research faculty joined Duke Neurosurgery in August 2022.