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Duke Neurosurgery's Gregory Cogan, PhD, is principal investigator of a newly funded study that will explore a promising new technology that constructs speech directly from the brain.

Congratulations to Peter Fecci, MD, PhD (left) and John Sampson, MD, PhD, principal investigators of a newly awarded NINDS Research Education Grant for Residents and Fellows and Fellows. The grant funds one resident per year to conduct research.

There are 32 neurosurgeons at Duke, but the entire country of Uganda has fewer than half that number.

A Duke neurologist and neurosurgeon have collaborated to perform the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedures for epilepsy in North Carolina, offering a new option for patients who experience seizures that cannot be successfully managed with medical therapy.

A comprehensive, 15-month assessment of the patient experience in the Duke Spine Center demonstrates that longer waiting times have a measurable negative effect on patient satisfaction and on the overall perception of the patient-physician encounter.

Allison Spell’s career started in hospitality, working in conference services for the Washington Duke Inn and with sales at the Umstead Hotel and Spa.

Francis Ali-Osman, MD, FACS, DSc, professor emeritus in the Department of Neurosurgery, was honored among the 2019 Distinguished Emeriti Faculty of Duke School of Medicine at a dinner on June 4, 2019.

If you’ve watched the TV shows The Good Doctor, Chicago Med, Royal Pains, and Elementary, it’s likely you’ve seen the work of Duke neurosurgeon Oren Gottfried, MD.

Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FAANS, was named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) at its annual meeting in San Diego, April 13-17, 2019.

Mattie Stevenson grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina, where “everyone knew each other’s business” (in the best way). Today, she says, people mind their own business, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.