Prelim data from Duke Neurosurgery Duke Neurology! We evaluated the clinical benefit of stimulating a combination of STN and GP leads. ⬆️ decrease in OFF-medication UPDRS, ⬆️ reduction in STN beta-oscillations with combined stim & potential for #adaptivestim tinyurl.com/5n7uk89p

Yesterday at #AANS2022, Dr. Nandan Lad shared results of two Duke University School of Medicine studies showing a 35% reduction in in ER visits and improved #PatientOutcomes among #MMS users who had spine surgery. #SpineTwitter #HealthResearch

#ClearPoint & Higgs Boson Health announce collaboration to develop a patient-facing digital health app for Drug Delivery & Brain Computer Interface surgery procedures & clinical trials. Read More: bit.ly/3MODh5P #PatientExperience #CLPT #PatientOutcomes #MyClearPoint

We are thrilled to share our preprint "Accurate speech decoding requires high-resolution neural interfaces" where we show the benefits of high density/channel-count micro-ECoG for speech decoding. Big thanks to all the co-authors, especially Kumar Duraivel ! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📌⁉️Wondering if epidural conus medullaris stimulation can alleviate pain and augment motor function following SCI? Yeah, us too 👏👊👀Excited for patient #1 to begin🤓

Proud Dad moment. Boys worked together on their first book in a series. 😀 🚀 🌌 Check it out if you like: #space #nasa #education #entrepreneurship #publishing SpaceX Elon Musk amazon.com/Space-Monkey-M… prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

More than any other factor, strong relationships are what make for a happy life. More than income, intelligence or social position, the strength of our bonds influences whether we feel fulfilled. Here's to a Healthy, Successful, and a very Happy New Year! 🎉

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer #TuesdayThoughts

Recent paper by our Duke Neurosurgery team in collaboration with Duke Neurology and ncsu. This one is dedicated to: 1) my co-author, Dr. Michael Bereman, 2) my friend, Kim Blair, who was a shining light, 3) all those with friends/family impacted by #ALS. cureus.com/articles/12829…

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs #TuesdayThoughts

Sign of a successful meeting- jam packed evening poster session with these two! NANS Official Dr. Nandan Lad Ahmed Raslan #NANS2023

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt #TuesdayThoughts

Congratulations Betty Tong, MD MHS for being named a recipient of the inaugural Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Award by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and WomenInThoracicSurg, presented at #STS2023 -- Tong is an outstanding surgeon, mentor and colleague! Duke Surgery DukeCTSurgery Duke Health

Great job by Vishal Venkatraman and Julie Doberne MD PhD at #STS2023 ! #TAVR is the dominant form of aortic valve replacement in the US. A new Duke Heart study found that #ManageMySurgery enhances the patient experience & improves key quality metrics. #Cardiotwitter The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." - Jimmy Johnson #TuesdayThoughts

An ablation treatment for pain from spinal avulsion injuries. The dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) procedure can relieve the phantom pain from spinal avulsion injuries when other pain treatment options have failed With Dr. Nandan Lad and Duke Neurosurgery physicians.dukehealth.org/articles/drez-…

An analysis by Duke researchers of the cost of high-frequency #SpinalCordStimulation for chronic refractory low back pain shows that it may be associated with a significant decrease in total health care costs. Dr. Nandan Lad Duke Neurosurgery sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Exciting news: First patient treated at Duke with #HIFU for tremor. We're so grateful to our talented team for their unwavering commitment to advancing health together. #Parkinson #tremor #Neuroscience #teamwork Dr. Nandan Lad Duke Neurology More: wral.com/story/hand-tre…

Kicking off #ASSFN2024 with a special course on movement disorders with an all star faculty and full house of attendees! ASSFN CNS Joshua Rosenow Richard Rammo, MD Peter Konrad Shervin Rahimpour Mallory Hacker, PhD, MSCI Dr. Nandan Lad Joseph Neimat Dario J. Englot