This article highlights a patient treated by Dr. Wael Asaad, whose successful neurosurgical procedure for Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) underscores both the promise of psychiatric neurosurgery and the ethical considerations it raises.

“Ziya Gokaslan, MD, neurosurgeon-in-chief at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals, stood before his patient, a 24-year-old woman. She arrived at the Rhode Island Hospital emergency department the previous night, trembling with excruciating pain, a loss of balance and migraine…

Glioblastoma is a relentless cancer, known for its poor prognosis and rapid growth rate. Some glioblastomas double in size in just five days. Dr. Clark Chen, a neurosurgeon with Brown University Health's Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, emphasizes the need for immediate treatment.

Investigators at Brown University Health are studying whether an implant in the brain can help improve hand movement for people who have suffered strokes.
Preliminary results at the Cleveland Clinic have looked promising, and Brown University Health, the former Lifespan, is taking part in the next stage of the clinical trial, according to Dr. Wael F. Asaad, lead investigator for the study at Brown University Health… ‘You get useful function back,” Asaad said in an interview. “The preliminary results looked really strong…’

Essential tremors affect about 10 million people in this country. Deep brain stimulation is a very popular and effective option, but it requires surgery. That’s why many are opting for a less invasive procedure that, turns out, is also very effective.

Specialists in Rhode Island used new artificial intelligence technology to create a digital clone of 21-year-old Alexis Bogan’s voice after her major brain surgery damaged the part of her brain that controls eating and voice functions.

The Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute recently announced the addition of Dr. Clark C. Chen as director of the Brain Tumor Program.

The Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute has announced that Dr. Christine Kyuyoung Lee will serve as the director of its Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Program and co-director of skull base surgery.

Dr. Wael Asaad discusses Focused Ultrasound, an innovative, non-invasive treatment for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease, on WPRI.

A study led by Brown Neurosurgery resident Rohaid Ali suggests that artificial intelligence tools continue to perpetuate gender and racial bias through the images they generate.

A few years ago, Logan started to lose his ability to walk. It was Doctor Petra Klinge, a neurosurgeon at Hasbro Children's Hospital, who diagnosed him with yet another rare disorder, successfully treating him.

It’s something all future doctors learn in medical school: how to communicate informed consent to patients. Yet medical forms are littered with impenetrable jargon, making it hard for lay people to understand exactly what they’re signing up for. Dr. Rohaid Ali, a neurosurgery resident at Brown University in Providence, grew fed up with the forms and enlisted ChatGPT to help translate them into regular English.