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Khoi D. Than, MD, has been promoted to professor with tenure at Duke University's Department of Neurosurgery.

Duke neuro-oncologist and neurologist Katherine B. Peters, MD, PhD, was promoted to professor with tenure in Duke University's Department of Neurosurgery.

For patients with spina bifida who have tethered cord syndrome, vertebral body shortening is an option that avoids the complication risk associated with revision detethering.

A collaborative effort between The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center and Duke Children’s Hospital removes traditional systemic barriers for families to access complex pediatric brain tumor treatment. As a result, children and families worldwide have access to potentially life-saving care at Duke.

Yi Zhang, PhD,  has been named assistant professor in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, effective January 1, 2024.  Zhang’s lab focuses on computational biology, bioinformatics, and machine learning in genomics. She is a faculty member in the Brain Tumor Omics Program in the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics.

Heather Gensler spent two years being told that, “if it hurts, it’s not cancer.”

Duke Neurosurgery faculty member Quinn Ostrom, PhD, has been named to the official list of Clarivate’s Most Highly Cited Scientists for the second year in a row.

Since 2007, Duke neurosurgeon Michael Haglund, MD, PhD, has twice-yearly led humanitarian and training missions to the African country of Uganda. The purpose of the trips is to provide care for patients, equipment for hospitals, and training for neurosurgery residents there.

A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers can translate a person’s brain signals into what they’re trying to say.

Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, was granted membership to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery at the society’s annual meeting last month in Sea Island, Georgia.