UC Davis Deep Brain Stimulation Program

Only 10 days away from the Annual PANC conference!! Dr. Dayananthan, Dr. Mahlado-Chang and NP Laura Sperry were exited to participate in taping their presentations with Parkinson Association of Northern California. Having the presentations recorded means that the speakers will be available for live discussion during the meeting. There is still time to register! Visit https://whova.com/web/panca_202010/ to join us on October 24th!

COVID does not stop our team from changing people’s lives! The week before the shutdown we took the final operating room footage in this video with Dr. Kia Shahlaie. We continue to operate through the shelter in place because, as you will see in this video, DBS surgery can be a second miracle in life. Special thanks to KVIE production team! https://youtu.be/jz8a4g3ICP0

Nothing like a little DBS talk to stimulate the morning! Thank you to the Rotary club of Danville/Sycamore Valley for inviting our Program Coordinator, Laura Sperry, ANP-C, to you speak on Expanding Horizons for Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy at this morning’s Zoom meeting. Are you wondering what’s on the horizon with DBS? We have several meetings of our DBS support group coming this fall with topics on Innovations in Medical Management and Innovations in DBS Technology.

Exciting outcome today in the operating room for our DBS Essential Tremor patient. The attached photo shows the progression and tremor control from pre-surgical testing (1), to lead insertion with microlesion effects (2), through well tuned adjustments (3-5) creating exceptional motor control! Our DBS team is looking forward to tracking the continued success for this surgical patient. Today was only the start!