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Weatherspoon Inaugural Brain Tumor Mini-Symposium Brings Together Experts in the Field of Pediatric Brain Cancer

March 18, 2024

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

Match Day 2024 – UNC Neurosurgery Welcomes Two New Neurosurgery Residents

March 15, 2024

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

New Publication in PNAS Expands Our Understanding of How the Body and Brain Communicate

March 8, 2024

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

UNC Neurosurgery Participates in the 2024 NC Triangle Head for the Cure Race

February 28, 2024

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

Dr. Carolyn Quinsey and Neurosurgery Residents Travel to Mauritania to visit First Neurosurgical Center in the Region

February 15, 2024

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

Scoliosis Research Society Launches L.E.A.D. SRS Program and Dr. Cheerag Upadhyaya is Among the Premier Cohort

January 22, 2024

As the Scoliosis Research Society nears 60 years of success as one of the premier spine societies, it launches the next-generation of leaders with a comprehensive program for members focusing on Leadership, Education and Development (L.E.A.D.). The inaugural L.E.A.D. SRS cohort was selected from a very impressive and large group of members who have already … Read more

Focused Ultrasound Treatment at UNC Makes the Holiday Season Brighter for Essential Tremor Patients

December 28, 2023

As we approach the holiday season, our functional neurosurgery team reflects on the accomplishments in 2023 and express gratitude to the patients and collaborating physicians who choose UNC Health as their trusted partners in patient care. The functional neurosurgery team remains committed to providing excellent care with a personal touch to our patients, while striving … Read more

Dr. Andrew Abumoussa Awarded the KLS Martin Innovations Challenge Award

December 21, 2023

Andrew Abumoussa, MD, MSc, a PGY6 neurosurgery resident, was awarded the KLS Martin Innovations Challenge Award for his work on utilizing consumer grade iOS devices to provide stereotactic neuronavigation for flexible endoscopy. For his research year, Dr. Abumoussa built an iOS app to track the tip of an external ventricular drain (EVD) catheter in real … Read more

UNC Health Joins Promising Multicenter Clinical Trial for Glioblastoma

November 3, 2023

UNC Health is now enrolling patients as part of a multicenter clinical trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients. The phase 2b clinical study administers a combination immunotherapy developed by biotech company, Imvax. UNC Health is one of multiple academic health care centers across the country participating in the randomized trial that aims to enroll … Read more