OHSU neurosurgeons pioneer brain implants to treat debilitating tremor

Patients say life post-surgery is ‘better than my best expectations,’ ‘unbelievable’

By Erik Robinson February 19, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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Kim Burchiel, M.D., (center), past chair and professor of neurosurgery in the OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU/John Valls)

Paul Renaud 2018

Paul Renaud of Grants Pass, Oregon, who lived with essential tremors, is back to fishing thanks to the surgical implantation of a directional electrode in his brain. (Photo courtesy Paul Renaud)

Kim Burchiel, M.D.

Professor and past chair, Department of Neurosurgery; OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU)

Delaram Safarpour, M.D.

Delaram Safarpour, M.D., 2017. (OHSU)

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