Nelson Oyesiku, MD, PhD, has been named System Chief of Neurosciences for Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. In his new role, he will provide strategic leadership, vision, and performance focused on system-wide coordination to achieve positive outcomes for neuroscience patients and ensuring the quality, consistency, and comprehensiveness of the neurosciences service...

When Jenn and Damson Huon adopted their son, Bohao, from China in February 2018, they knew he had a speech delay and was his small for his age. What no one knew was that the then-6-year-old had epilepsy. . “He slept in a room with 25 other kids, and he’d most...

For more than 30 years, Susan Paeplow, 57, had what she called “episodes.” “I would hum and rock back and forth,” she says. “I would go blank and be out of it for 30 seconds or a minute, but afterward, I’d just move on to the next thing.” When she...

When UNC Health patient Marlene D. learned she needed a cyst removed from her lumbar facet joint, her biggest concern wasn’t the surgery. It was the anesthesia. UNC’s Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Motion Preservation Program Director and Professor of Neurosurgery  Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA, MSc, FAANS, FACS, listened to his patient’s needs. He consulted...