Posts Tagged ‘deep brain stimulation’
Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms Treated Effectively at Inova
Holding Steady: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) helped Wayne Lewis regain his quality of life Wayne Lewis can do things he hasn’t been able to do for more than a decade. After receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS) at the Inova Movement Disorders Program, the 72-year-old retiree, who lives in upstate New York, is back to enjoying…
Read MoreParkinson’s patient shows inspiring improvement with Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatment
Regaining Control Deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure provides new hope by keeping Parkinson’s symptoms in check For Bachir Flih (pronounced “Flee”), the symptoms happened out of the blue: a tremor in his right index finger accompanied by fatigue that lasted throughout the day. With a busy job as the dining service manager for a retirement…
Read MoreInova Begins Era of MRI-guided Neurosurgery with Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulator
Mahesh Shenai, MD, MBA, is a specialty care physician at the Inova Movement Disorders Program. He has a special interest in functional and restorative neurosurgery. Read Dr. Shenai’s profile. Last week, for the first time at the Inova Health System, we performed brain surgery inside the MRI scanner to treat a patient with Parkinson’s Disease.…
Read MoreTwo movement disorder docs join Inova’s neurological program
BRAIN WAVES For the first time, Inova has two movement disorder specialists. Sean Rogers, MD, PhD, and Drew Falconer, MD, both board-certified in neurology, started in summer 2015.Drs. Rogers and Falconer join Mahesh Shenai, MD, MBA, and James Leiphart, MD, PhD, FACS, as part of the fellowship-trained team that represents an expansion of the Movement…
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