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Lynn lives an active lifestyle as an owner of her own luxury traveling tours business. But when she got back from a corporate cruise in November of 2023, she started to feel sick every day. Lynn was quick to dismiss her feelings of unwellness and weight loss, assuming that her...

Dr. Soma Sengupta, Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery and Division Chief of Neuro Oncology in the Department of Neurology, was selected by the Mayfield Foundation as the first Mayfield Scholar, enabling Dr. Sengupta to dedicate a significant portion of her practice to brain tumor research. The...

Thanks to a generous philanthropic gift from Nancy and Tom Chewning, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health is now among the select few health systems in the United States to have a full spectrum of focused ultrasound equipment for image-guided brain surgery. The Chewning gift enabled the recent acquisition of a low-frequency (220 KHz)...

Gary, a North Carolina veteran, struggled with his essential tremor and his daily tremors impacted his quality of life. Gary came to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health for focused ultrasound treatment to help manage his tremors. Here is what Gary has to say about focused ultrasound treatment and his care at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Health:...

Experimental therapy is available to patients with recurrent glioblastoma that did not respond to standard-of-care therapies, demonstrating ´óÏó´«Ã½ Lineberger’s continued commitment to brain tumor research. The FDA has approved an expanded access program for an experimental therapy for patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM). It is now available at three locations...

Led by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Lineberger’s Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD, MBA, division chief of neuro-oncology in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Department of Neurosurgery, this phase 2 trial will evaluate the optimal dose of Ropidoxuridine to enhance the positive effect of radiation therapy for patients with unmethylated MGMT glioblastoma. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center...

´óÏó´«Ã½ Health earned a place on the 2025 Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery list for superior clinical outcomes in back and neck surgeries and spinal fusion procedures. Healthgrades is the #1 site Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. The site aims to help patients...

On October 9, 2024 Deborah marked the one-year anniversary of the near fatal car accident that could have left her paralyzed. Because her injuries were so severe, including a brain bleed and damage to her neck, Deborah had to be airlifted to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Hospital in Chapel Hill where she woke...

Scott had a surgery in October of 2023 to remove a clog in his stomach. The procedure was done through a small incision in his left arm where the surgeon accessed Scott’s radial artery to put a stent in one of the arteries that supplies his intestines. The surgery was...

“The research was personal as it was carried out in honor of my mother-in-law, Rifke Krummel, and my close friend and fellow neuro-oncologist Tara Benkers.” – Dr. Soma Sengupta ´óÏó´«Ã½ Neurosurgery faculty members Dr. Soma Sengupta and Dr. Daniel Pomeranz Krummel are co-authors of a new publication in Cancers that...