Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
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2023 - Present
Neurosurgery,
Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology
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2024 - Present
Neurobiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Focused ultrasound as an emerging therapy for neuropsychiatric disease: Historical perspectives and a review of current clinical data.
Journal Article Psychiatry Clin Neurosci · February 12, 2025 Psychiatric disorders are a common source of disease morbidity with high rates of refractoriness to first-line treatments. As such, many have investigated the utility of neurosurgical interventions for treatment-resistant forms of these conditions. More re ... Full text Link to item CiteState of Practice on Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Report from the ASNR Standards and Guidelines Committee and ACR Commission on Neuroradiology Workgroup.
Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · January 8, 2025 Transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) is a versatile, MR-guided, incisionless intervention with diagnostic and therapeutic applications for neurologic and psychiatric diseases. It is currently FDA-approved as a thermoablative treatment of essential tremor ... Full text Link to item CiteFour-tract tractography: multiparametric direct targeting of the dentatorubrothalamic tract.
Journal Article Neurosurg Focus Video · October 2024 This video article presents a case study of a 70-year-old male with medically refractory essential tremor treated with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). Following an initial successful ablation of the right thalamus, the patient underw ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Synaptic plasticity
ResearchResearch Assistant · Awarded by Max Planck Institute · 2013 - 2016TrkB receptor activation
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2016
M.D.
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2015
Ph.D.
Duke University ·
2006
B.A.