The Carver College of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery provides a unique environment oriented toward patient care and basic research concerning diseases and physiology of the nervous system.

Jeremy Greenlee (green coat) performs a stage 2 subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain simulation (DBS) surgery with post doctoral clinical trainee Juan Vivanco Suarez on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.

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patients per year
Brian Dlouhy and associate research scientist Ariane Rhone in their lab at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Dlouhy led a study that finds that the brain’s amygdala is linked to persistent loss of breathing after an epileptic seizure. Patients undergoing epilepsy surgery had electrodes implanted in their brains to help plan their surgeries; combining the intracranial recordings from these electrodes with functional MRI allowed researchers to map the effect of stim

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major neurosurgery operations per year
Pictures of Neurosurgery residents working with faculty.

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Faculty Members