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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jul 3

🧠 Help us welcome our newest residents to Duke Neurosurgery! We're thrilled to have you and can't wait to see how you help shape the future of neurosurgery. 🧠

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jun 26

Congratulations and best wishes on the next leg of the journey, residents!

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Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis @dukemets.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you to Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) for continuing to support brain and spine metastasis awareness. On Monday, Rep. Foushee reintroduced a resolution naming June Brain and Spine Metastasis Awareness Month.

Read more: neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/foushee...

Foushee reintroduces Brain Spine Metastasis Awareness Month resolution

Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) Monday reintroduced a resolution designating June as Brain and Spine Metastasis Awareness Month.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jun 19

In an interview about the surgical treatment of children with drug-resistant #epilepsy, Gerald Grant, MD, said, “There is a greater chance for plasticity or rewiring of the brain if we treat as young as possible." www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

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Duke University School of Medicine @dukemedschool.bsky.social · Jun 17

🧠 She’s helping PTSD patients find relief with brain scans, VR, and a room full of cameras.

@dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social's Nanthia Suthana, PhD, is using neuroscience to unlock better treatments for Parkinson’s, OCD, binge eating, and more.

🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/lear...

Person adjusting a virtual reality headset on another individual who is wearing a sensor-equipped cap, with a digital image of a brain displayed in the background.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jun 18

Robert Kellogg, MD, has brought his expertise to the Department of Neurosurgery in the Pediatric Neurosurgery Division. neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/kellogg...

Kellogg joins the Department of Neurosurgery

Robert Kellogg, MD, has joined the Duke Department of Neurosurgery in the Pediatric Neurosurgery Division. He comes to Duke from University of Pittsburgh, where he was an assistant professor for the p...

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jun 12

Nanthia Suthana, PhD, is especially interested in the complex processes that drive memory and emotion, and in developing therapies using neurostimulation to treat disorders that involve those processes. neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/learnin...

Learning the language of the brain

One minute Adam Holbrook would be having an ordinary day — shopping, walking down the street, coaching a Little League game — and the next he would find himself back on combat patrol: heart racing, ad...

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Jun 4

As people are surviving longer with cancer, many come to see their cancer metastasize to the brain or spine. Today there is more HOPE than ever before. Spread the word! #MetsGetsAwareness neurosurgery.duke.edu/brain-spine-...

Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · May 22

The depts of Neurosurgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Endocrinology, and Ophthalmology have teamed up to offer patients the one-stop, multi-d Pituitary Center. Medical director Leena Shahla, MD, recently presented on early recognition of #acromegaly at #AACE2025. neurosurgery.duke.edu/divisions/pi...

Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · May 12

Mustafa Khasraw to lead U.S. arm of international glioblastoma trial @mkhasraw.bsky.social
www.dukecancerinstitute.org/blogs/mustaf...

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Apr 25

This morning at #AANS2025: Congratulations to Dr. Allan Friedman, the 2025 Takanori Fukushima Excellence in Microsurgery Lecturer.
#DUKEatAANS

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Apr 24

Day 2 at the @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social global neurosurgery symposium: Dr. Michael Haglund presents on Duke's neurosurgery program in Uganda. #BostonDeclaration2025

Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Apr 23

In a new approach to pituitary disorders, the Duke depts of Neurosurgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Endocrinology, and Ophthalmology team up to offer the one-stop, multidisciplinary Pituitary Center.
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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Apr 1

Nanthia Suthana, PhD, joins the Duke Department of Neurosurgery neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/suthana...

Suthana joins the Department of Neurosurgery

At Duke, she aims to advance translational neuroengineering and interdisciplinary collaborations to develop novel therapies for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Mar 27

Professor David Hasan, MD, was one of three faculty from
Duke School of Medicine elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the most prestigious honors in the scientific community.
neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/hasan-e...

Hasan elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

David Hasan, MD, professor in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, was one of three faculty from the Duke University School of Medicine who were elected fellows of the American Association for the Adv...

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Mar 21

🧠✨ Today is Match Day, and we’re thrilled to welcome these 3 great minds:
Grace Futch, MD, of Duke University
Aden Mendoza, MD, of Duke University
Molly Monsour, MD, of University of South Florida
We can’t wait to see them scrub in, step up, and shape the future of neurosurgery. #Match2025

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Mar 11

Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Mar 5

Alexa Bramall has received Physician-Scientist Strong Start Award, which supports promising, early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.   neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/bramall...

Bramall Receives Physician-Scientist Strong Start Award

Alexa Bramall, MD, PhD, is among five Duke University School of Medicine faculty members who have been selected to receive 2025 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards. The awards program, funded wi...

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Mar 4

As we count down to International Women’s Day, we celebrate the incredible women residents of Duke Neurosurgery who are and shaping the future of medicine. 🧠 💪 Stay tuned as we honor the women who make a difference.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 18

Katy Peters, professor of neurosurgery and member of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke talks about the FDA approval of vorasidenib (Voranigo) to brain tumors.
www.whhitv.com/clips/1r0h4w...

Dr Katy Peters & Patient Rachel: Breakthrough Brain Cancer Treatment | Voranigo - WHHI-TV

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 13

This year's Semmes Lecturer and chief of Duke Spine, Chris Shaffrey, MD. One of the world's best, discussing what he does best! #Excellence #SouthernNeurosurgicalSociety

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 12

Gerald A. Grant, MD, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University, has been named a director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/grant-j...

Grant joins the American Board of Neurological Surgery

Gerald A. Grant, MD, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Duke University, has been named a director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 10

Duke Neurosurgery faculty and member of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, @mkhasraw.bsky.social, weighs in on the FDA approval of immunotherapy by injection, rather than intravenously: cancertodaymag.org/cancer-talk/...

Injection Immunotherapies Get FDA Approval | Cancer Today

Giving immunotherapy drugs as injections, rather than intravenously, means patients can spend less time in the hospital or treatment center.

cancertodaymag.org

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's resident Andrew Hardigan, MD, PhD, at the
Southern Neurosurgical Society's annual meeting
this morning, presenting Multi-omic Profiling of Epigenetic Heterogeneity in Glioblastoma at Single-Cell Resolution Using mscCUT&TAG. Well done!

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Duke Neurosurgery @dukeneurosurgery.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thank you @kiritsingh.bsky.social and Aden Mendoza
for sharing your research today at the Southern Neurosurgical Society's annual meeting. You do us proud!

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