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Jun
4
2021

Advances in Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain - Joshua M. Rosenow, MD, FAANS, FACS

When: Friday, June 4, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Where: Online

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Michelle Mohney   (312) 503-5602

Group: Center for Translational Pain Research

Co-Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience Seminars

Category: Lectures & Meetings

Description:

Joshua M. Rosenow, MD, FAANS, FACS
Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery
and Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 


Neuromodulation for chronic pain has been performed for 5 decades. However, the last 10 years has seen an unprecedented amount of innovation in the field, providing new opportunities to treat refractory pain of various etiologies without opioids or other medications. This lecture reviews the history of neuromodulation for the treatment of chronic pain and discusses the science and results behind recent innovations in the field.

Dr. Joshua M. Rosenow is the Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, as well as at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, tremor, and dystonia, as well as the surgical treatment of epilepsy and chronic pain.

Dr. Rosenow graduated from Yale University School of Medicine, completed neurosurgical training at New York Medical College and a fellowship in stereotactic, functional, restorative neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was awarded the 2003 Ronald Tasker award for pain research by the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain. He was one of the members of the team that developed frameless deep brain stimulation surgery. In addition, he was one of the founding members of the Functional Neurosurgery Working Group of the Parkinson’s Study Group.

He is a past Chair of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain, as well as a past member of the Executive Council of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Board of Directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is currently Past Chair of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies and was elected President of the Illinois State Neurosurgical Society. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a frequent lecturer and instructor at national and international neurosurgical meetings. He is the Co-Chair of the Northwestern Neurology and Neurosurgery Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Dr. Rosenow serves as a delegate to the AMA House of Delegates from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He also provides counsel to organized Neurosurgery delegations to the AMA CPT panel and RUC meetings for functional neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery matters and is one of 6 national appointees on the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. He works with Neurosurgery’s Washington staff and regionally with insurers to advocate for policies to expand and maintain access to advanced neurosurgical therapies. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Advocacy and Policy Committee. 

Dr. Rosenow currently conducts research into the areas of stereotactic and image guided surgery, neurostimulation for the enhancement of neurologic recovery after brain injury and stroke, imaging biomarkers in pain, socioeconomic factors in neurosurgery and neuromodulation, opioid policy, exploration of brain function using implanted electrodes, brain-machine interface and new devices for the treatment of neurologic disorders. He has been site PI for numerous national clinical trials of novel therapies such as new implantable devices, gene therapy and stem cell products for the treatment of neurologic diseases.

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