As a paramedic and busy mom of six, Jen’s life changed after an illness, the diagnosis of multiple autoimmune diseases, and severe nerve pain in her ribs. In 2019, Jen worked long shifts as a paramedic that required physical exertion daily. At the end of 2019, Jen came down with...

UNC Neurosurgery has reached an exciting milestone: 100 high-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) treatments performed for patients living with movement disorders.  Focused ultrasound is a non-surgical, outpatient treatment that uses targeted ultrasound, guided by real-time MRI images, to treat conditions like essential tremor without any radiation. During the procedure, patients stay awake...

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...