UNC Neurosurgery organized the first Innovation Summit in Chapel Hill featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Ricardo Komotar from the University of Miami.  The Department of Neurosurgery at UNC Chapel Hill hosted the Inaugural Innovation Summit in the Skull Base & Spine Dissection Simulation Center on campus led by Dr Dominique Higgins....

Division Chief of Neuro Oncology at UNC Health Dr. Sengupta hosts brain tumor symposium funded by the Weatherspoon family to discuss ongoing research and treatment options for malignant brain tumors.  Dr. Soma Sengupta, Division Chief of Neuro Oncology, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery, and Professor in...

The newly announced joint UNC Health and Duke Health Children’s Hospital is a goal that Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Children’s Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Scott Elton has worked towards since he joined UNC Health 14 years ago. Dr. Elton shares what the first freestanding Children’s Hospital in North Carolina will...

Dr. Vibhor Krishna and Dr. Daniel Roque travel to New Delhi to celebrate a landmark development for neurological care in India and present at the “Transforming Neuroscience: MR-Guided HIFU – A Game Changer” Symposium. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor is now available at...

UNC Neurosurgery faculty members participated in the annual 2025 NC Triangle Head for the Cure 5K race on Sunday, February 23, 2025 to raise money for brain cancer research, and to support brain cancer survivors and their families. The Department of Neurosurgery at UNC Health has a long-standing relationship with...

Dr. Kimberly Hamilton, a board-certified pediatric neurosurgeon, is joining the pediatric neurosurgery team as Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at UNC Health. Dr. Hamilton grew up in Indianapolis and knew from a young age that she wanted to be a doctor. As a gymnast, she spent a lot of...

Dr. Edward Yap is the first neurosurgeon in the Carolinas to use a new medical device commercially outside of the clinical trial, the Neuroguard IEP® System, designed to safeguard against stroke and cognitive impairment associated with microembolization. Microembolization is a condition where small particles travel through the bloodstream and block...

Shana has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that can cause chronic nerve and spine related pain. When Shana awoke from a surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome, she immediately noticed numbness in her left forearm and pain that hurt worse than her incisions. When Shana went home, she was...

Researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Cincinnati developed an art therapy application to help improve quality of life in young adult cancer survivorship patients. Dr. Soma Sengupta, Division Chief of Neuro-oncology, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery, and Professor in the...

Cancer biologist Kerry Roby, PhD will join Dr. Soma Sengupta and Dr. Daniel Pomeranz Krummel in their joint research lab studying brain cancers. Dr. Roby joins the SoDa Lab from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he completed his post doc fellowship in the McCarty Lab under the direction of...