Duke Neurosurgery

Join us for a free hydrocephalus education event on Saturday June 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.!

Learn: Drs. Alexa Bramall, Gerald Grant, and Robert Kellogg will talk about the latest in hydrocephalus research and care.

Share: An intergenerational panel made up of parents and teens will share their personal stories about hydrocephalus.

Connect: Meet other individuals living with or caring for someone with hydrocephalus.

Register for free at https://www.hydroassoc.org/event/free-hydrocephalus-education-day-raleigh-durham/.

For nearly 25 years, Juli Brockmann, 58, had debilitating facial pain that brought her once fulfilling life to a grinding halt.

Thanks to spinal cord stimulation, "I am Juli again."

Read more about her story and spinal cord stimulation at Duke: https://neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/spinal-cord-stimulation-relieves-rare-agonizing-facial-pain

The Waitkus Lab has found identified a new therapeutic vulnerability in IDH-mutant astrocytomas and other gliomas.

“Collectively, these efforts will help guide the development of future anti-cancer drugs targeting SMARCAL1 to exploit this vulnerability in brain tumors,” Waitkus said.

Read more:

Waitkus Lab identifies a new therapeutic vulnerability for brain tumors Researchers in the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke have identified a new therapeutic vulnerability in IDH-mutant astrocytomas and other gliomas.