OHSU changing lives with innovative neurological procedures

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WATCH KGW-TV coverage: OHSU epilepsy patient nearly seizure-free after regenerative brain cell therapy procedure
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High-frequency ultrasound surgery with Ahmed Raslan M.D. 2022

OHSU neurosurgeon Ahmed Raslan, M.D., performs high-frequency ultrasound surgery on patient Jean Henderson on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The new method involved no incisions and eliminated her hand tremor. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

High-frequency Ultrasound Surgery

OHSU neurosurgeon Ahmed Raslan, M.D., and his team on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, during patient Jean Henderson's surgery. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

High-frequency Ultrasound Surgery

OHSU neurosurgeon Ahmed Raslan, M.D., and his team on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, during patient Jean Henderson's surgery. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Brain surgery simulator

OHSU medical resident Dominic Siler, M.D., Ph.D, sets up the simulator as first-year neurosurgery resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., (center) and Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., Campagna Professor and chair of neurological surgery at OHSU, look on, August 4, 2017. A brain surgery simulator model created at OHSU allows new surgeons like Bowden to gain experience without risking a patient's life. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Brain surgery simulator

OHSU medical resident Stephen Bowden, M.D., (left) prepares for a simulated brain surgery exercise at OHSU, look on, August 4, 2017. The brain surgery simulator model created at OHSU allows new surgeons like Bowden to gain experience without risking a patient's life. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

The path to being seizure-free

Annette Adkins, walking in her Portland neighborhood, has been nearly seizure-free since undergoing an experimental procedure at OHSU on Oct. 26 implanting inhibitory nerve cells into a precisely defined focal point in the brain to quell seizures. Known as NRTX-1001 neuronal cell therapy, the technique has been tried in two patients nationwide so far as part of an ongoing multisite clinical trial. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)