Author: Brian

Albert Kim, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery, was senior author of a study establishing that the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) pathway is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Dec. 5, 2016. See Washington University School […]

In a Reuters article, Eric Leuthardt, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis, reports that laser therapy opens up a window of opportunity to deliver drugs and chemicals and therapies that could otherwise not get to a brain tumor.

Eric Leuthardt, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at Washington University in St. Louis, gives a TED Talk on empowering the mind to heal the brain after stroke.

The Pediatric Neuro-Oncology program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital recently joined a prestigious network of the nation’s top childhood cancer centers. That development widens treatment options for children whose brain tumors don’t respond to standard care.

Using a laser probe, neurosurgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have opened the brain’s protective cover, enabling them to deliver chemotherapy drugs to patients with a form of deadly brain cancer.

A team of neurosurgeons and engineers has developed wireless brain sensors that monitor intracranial pressure and temperature and then are absorbed by the body, negating the need for surgery to remove the devices.

David D. Limbrick, MD, PhD, an associate professor of neurological surgery and of pediatrics, received a Distinguished Service Teaching Award on Oct. 27 in a ceremony on the Medical Campus. He was the students’ nominee for the national Humanism in Medicine Award, which is presented annually by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).