Dr. Robert Goodman represented the Movement Disorders Center as a speaker and panelist regarding the latest in surgical treatment of Parkinson's Disease at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) meeting this month.  The panel specifically covered the subject of Deep Brain...

We are proud to announce that our resident neurosurgeon Chuck Mikell, MD has been deemed an outstanding young physician-investigator and awarded the Paul Janssen Fellowship. This fellowship will last two years, during which time Mikell says he, "plans to study dopamine neurons in awake patients...

We are proud to announce that our team at the Gamma Knife Center, led by Dr. Sisti and Dr. Isaacson, treated their 2700th patient today.  Brain tumors, brain cancer, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, acoustic neuroma, and other problems have been successfully treated with the Gamma...

Many long-time sufferers of Parkinson's disease are finally getting the help they need with the implantation of  Deep Brain Stimulators.  During implantation, neurosurgeons aim for an exact location in the brain, but how close to this ideal spot are they really getting, and how much does it...

Parkinson's disease (PD, Parkinson's Syndrome, Atypical Parkinson's, or Parkinsonism or, simply, Parkinson's) is a slowly progressing, degenerative disease that is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of motor system disorders. For some time it was incorrectly believed that Parkinson's...