Devinder describes her mother, Bhupinder, as fairly healthy and very active. But in September of 2022, Bhupinder started to notice numbness and tingling in her legs. She then developed frequent and intense cramps to her lower body. Her symptoms made it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep, or sit for long periods of time. … Read more
PGY 2 neurosurgery resident, Olivia Gilbert, MD was selected for induction into UNC’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) National Medical Honor Society. Membership in AΩA may be attained as a medical student, resident, fellow, faculty member, alumni, clinician, or distinguished leader in medicine. Dr. Gilbert was nominated by a former UNC School of Medicine medical student, … Read more
PGY 6 neurosurgery resident Kelly Chamberlin, MD, MSCR was selected for induction into UNC’s chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) National Medical Honor Society. Membership in AΩA may be attained as a medical student, resident, fellow, faculty member, alumni, clinician, or distinguished leader in medicine. Dr. Chamberlain was nominated by a former UNC School of Medicine … Read more
UNC Health’s Department of Neurosurgery hosted the focused ultrasound open house on campus for UNC Health and School of Medicine leadership and faculty to thank them for their continued support of the focused ultrasound program. The open house included presentations from UNC Health leadership, functional neurosurgeon Dr. Vibhor Krishna, and from UNC Health focused ultrasound … Read more
UNC Health hosted the Weatherspoon inaugural brain tumor mini-symposium at UNC Health last week featuring presentations from UNC faculty and keynote speaker, Dr. Timothy Gershon from Emory School of Medicine. Dr. Gershon’s research aims to understand the rules and instructions brain tumors are following and how he can use that knowledge to devise new and … Read more
The UNC Health Department of Neurosurgery is pleased to announce that two new neurosurgery residents matched with our program and will join our neurosurgery residency program this summer. Zoe Robinow from California Northstate University College of Medicine and Deveney Franklin from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine will graduate from … Read more
“I want individuals of color to realize that an endocrinologist can help with some of these issues.” Joyce runs a nonprofit, Bridging the Gap CDC, in North Carolina that aims to connect resources with individuals who are in need. She’s also a wife, mother, and grandmother that loves to garden and help out on her … Read more
A new publication co-authored by UNC Health Chapel Hill functional neurosurgeon Dr. Vibhor Krishna was published in the prestigious PNAS Journal this week. The publication, titled “Single neurons in the thalamus and subthalamic nucleus process cardiac and respiratory signals in humans” aims to understand how the human brain analyzes signals from the body to achieve … Read more
Faculty and staff from UNC Health’s Department of Neurosurgery participated in the 2024 NC Triangle Head for the Cure Race in Southern Village over the weekend. UNC Neurosurgery participates in the annual Head for the Cure 5K event every year. Funds raised during the race directly benefit brain cancer research at UNC Health. This year saw … Read more
Pediatric neurosurgeon and director of the UNC Global Neurosurgery Program, Dr. Carolyn Quinsey, and two neurosurgery residents from the UNC School of Medicine traveled to Mauritania last month to visit the first neuroscience center in the region. The center is located in Nouakchott, the capitol city of Mauritania, in northwest Africa. The center will include … Read more