Today marks Dr. Brenton Pennicooke’s final day with the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine as he begins an exciting new chapter as Division Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery at Rutgers University-RWJ Medical School and RWJBarnabas Health. Dr. Pennicooke joined our faculty in 2020 following a fellowship in complex spinal reconstruction and minimally invasive […]
Researchers in the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine are leading a new multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate whether semaglutide can improve chronic low back pain in people with obesity. Led by Jacob Greenberg, MD, of the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery, and Burel Goodin, PhD, of […]
The Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery recognized its graduating chief residents for their dedication, leadership, and years of neurosurgical training. We recently came together for our annual Chiefs Party, a longstanding tradition that recognizes our graduating chief residents and celebrates the completion of their neurosurgical training. The evening provided an opportunity to reflect on their […]
His only regret about surgery is waiting so long to schedule it One word immediately comes to mind when Patrick Simpson describes how it felt to live with facial spasms and the challenges they caused: “annoying.” The nervous system condition that causes muscles on one side of the face to twitch or tighten without control […]
Earbud-like device from WashU startup Aurenar is designed to improve stroke outcomes after ruptured brain aneurysm A non-invasive neuromodulation technology has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for reducing a dangerous narrowing of blood vessels in the brain that can follow a brain bleed from a ruptured aneurysm. Early […]
Head of Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery is a national leader in the treatment and research of cerebrovascular disorders Gregory J. Zipfel, MD, the Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and head of the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine, has been elected president of the Society of Neurological Surgeons. He will […]
Debbi is pain-free and back to doing the things she loves. Debbi Jesse, 51, is outside mowing her lawn, an activity she couldn’t do prior to her ultra-minimally invasive—also known as endoscopic—spine surgery at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. For years, Debbi had been in pain, which ranged from stabbing to sharp to shooting throughout most […]
WashU Welcome Functional Neurosurgeon The Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery at WashU Medicine is pleased to announce that Gabriel Friedman, MD, has accepted a full-time faculty position in our department. He will begin this summer as a functional neurosurgeon caring for patients with movement disorders, epilepsy, pain, and peripheral nerve conditions and a research focus […]
Research from the Greenberg Lab was featured in the NIH’s All of Us Research Highlights series Research from the Greenberg Lab has been featured in the All of Us Research Highlights series, part of the NIH’s national All of Us Research Program, for its contributions to understanding musculoskeletal pain risk and physical activity. The publication, […]
A milestone for the T.S. Park Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital We recently celebrated a major milestone for Jarod L. Roland, MD, Director of The T.S. Park Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) Program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, as he completed his 100th SDR procedure. The T.S. Park Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Program, […]