Congratulation Dr. Okun! Dr. Michael Okun has published a new article, “Bilateral Pallidothalamic Tractotomy Using Ultrasound: An Option for Parkinson’s Disease?,” in the July issue of New England Journal of Medicine Clinician. In this insightful article, Dr. Okun explores the emerging role of bilateral pallidothalamic tractotomy using focused ultrasound as a potential treatment option for…

Experts outline steps for clearer, kinder conversations and practical help for patients “Delivering bad news is definitely a skill that doctors can develop,” says Dr. Melissa Armstrong, a professor of neurology at the University of Florida. She is coauthor of a 2023 paper on best practices for communicating a dementia diagnosis. “People definitely have received this news…

One challenge to advancing Alzheimer’s disease treatments is that many patients have mixed brain pathologies, meaning more than one disease process is affecting the brain. This can complicate diagnosis, clinical trial design and treatment development because a therapy targeting only one disease process may be less effective if another is also present. Now, University of…

Neurology News! Congratulations to Drs. Dimitry S. Davydow, Jennifer L. Purks, Joshua K. Wong, Michael S. Okun, Dawn M. Schiehser, Dawn Bowers, and Kelly D. Foote on the publication of “A Narrative Review of the Psychiatric Aspects of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders,” which appears in the June edition of Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. ABSTRACT Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neuromodulatory intervention…