Komisarow named physician vice president of Neurosciences and Spine
Neurosurgeon Jordan Komisarow, MD, has been named the Physician Vice President of the Neuroscien
Suthana named Carol Gram Deane Presidential Distinguished Professor in Neurosurgery
Duke Neurosurgery faculty member Nanthia Suthana, PhD, has been
Ayasoufi receives faculty mentorship award
Katayoun Ayasoufi, PhD, received the Early Career Research Mentoring Award in Basic Science as part of the
Spinal cord stimulation relieves rare, agonizing facial pain
For nearly 25 years, Juli Brockmann, 58, had debilitating facial pain that brought her once fulfilling life to a grinding halt.
Topalovic receives Germinator Award
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences recently awarded Uros Topalovic, a postdoctoral scholar in the Suthana Lab, with a $25,000 Germinator Award.
Topalovic is interested in helping people with epilepsy and related brain disorders use virtual reality to improve their performance on learning tasks.
Duke Neurosurgery celebrates Match Day 2026
Duke Neurosurgery welcomed three new interns to the department during Match Day 2026 on March 20.
Waitkus Lab identifies a new therapeutic vulnerability for brain tumors
Researchers in the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke
Duke Neurosurgery among the top in NIH research funding
Duke Neurosurgery ranked sixth for funding nationally among neurosurgery departments in the U.S.
After Moyamoya Surgery at Duke, Woman Returns to Normal Life
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.”