New Director of Brain Tumor Center Named
David M. Ashley, MBBS (Hon), FRACP, PhD, has been named director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke as of March 1, 2018.
Duke neurosurgeons lose 205 pounds through teamwork
Duke neurosurgeons lose 205 pounds through teamwork
Duke Neurosurgeon's Invention Named in Top Ten for 2017
Duke neurosurgeon Rob Isaacs, MD, (right) inventor of TrackX, got a top ten spot in Orthopedics This Week's "Best New Spine Technologies for 2017." TrackX tracks surgic
Duke Neurosurgery Now Third Highest in NIH Funding
The Duke Department of Neurosurgery has been ranked third nationally for neurosurgery research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 2017, with a total of $6,749,755.
Giant Intracranial Aneurysms Threaten Woman's Vision and Life
A 48-year-old woman who was losing her vision had repeated consultations with her local optometrist to optimize her prescription for bifocal contact lenses.
Graduate Students in Brain Tool Laboratory Present Papers at SPIE Photonics West
Two graduate students in Duke neurosurgeon Patrick Codd’s lab each had independent conference papers accepted for oral presentations at the International Society for Optics and Photonics meeti
Poliovirus Clinical Trials Open to Pediatric Patients
The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center is now enrolling qualified pediatric patients in our PVSRIPO clinical trial for children.
Meet the Director Emeritus of the Brain Tumor Center
The year Darell Bigner, MD, PhD, came to Duke, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” and President Kennedy was assassinated. It was 1963, and Bigner had transferred to Duke School of Medicine for one primary reason: to pursue brain tumor research.
