The Functional Neurosurgery Research Program Research at the University of Chicago advances the understanding and the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders through clinical trials, outcome studies, advanced imagining, and human intracranial electrophysiology. Investigators study brain circuits and develop innovative therapies, including minimally invasive surgical approaches, neuromodulation, and cell transplantation, with collaboration spanning neurosurgery, neurology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and engineering.
Clinical trials
- Inhibitory interneuron cell transplantation for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (NTE001, NTE002, and EPIC studies)
- Stereotactic laser ablation for recurrent brain metastases after radiosurgery (ReMASTER trial)
Human intracranial electrophysiology
Epilepsy surgery
- Human brain mapping and neuromodulation for epilepsy (David Satzer, MD)
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Psychiatric neurosurgery
- Interstitial laser capsulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Addictive, Compulsive, and Impulsive Disorders Lab (Jon Grant, MD, JD, MPH)
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Meet Our Team
Charles Greenspon, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Committee on Computational Neuroscience
Committee on Neurobiology
Principal Investigator
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Jon Downey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Institute
Principal Investigator
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Ahmet Atik, MD
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow
Ron Zaidman, MD
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellow
Adniezka Stadiek, MS
Clinical Research Manager