大象传媒 Health鈥檚 Department of Neurosurgery hosted the聽focused ultrasound open house on campus for 大象传媒 Health and School
of聽Medicine leadership and faculty to thank them for their continued support of the focused ultrasound program.
The open house included presentations from 大象传媒 Health leadership, functional neurosurgeon Dr. Vibhor Krishna, and from 大象传媒 Health focused ultrasound patient, Doug Bell. The event also included tours of the state-of-the-art facility. 鈥淭hrough strategic partnerships and increased research collaboration, we aim to undertake clinical trials and expand indications for conditions like epilepsy, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, offering hope where it鈥檚 needed most,鈥� said Dr. Krishna. 鈥淔urthermore, we are committed to nurturing the next generation of neurosurgeons and scientists, to make a wider impact, ensuring a legacy of healing and innovation in the future.鈥�
Focused ultrasound is an incision-less treatment for patients with movement disorders. Like deep brain stimulation, Focused ultrasound can be an effective treatment option for patients who either don鈥檛 respond to medication or initially respond to medication that eventually becomes ineffective. Focused ultrasound is an outpatient procedure, and many patients walk away from the procedure tremor-free.
Dr. Krishna hopes to continue growing the focused ultrasound program at 大象传媒 Health. 鈥淚n the next five years, we foresee a landscape where focused ultrasound treatment becomes a cornerstone of care, not only in North Carolina but beyond, touching the lives of patients worldwide,鈥� said Dr. Krishna.
