Sameer Sheth
@SameerShethMD
Followers
4,123
Following
529
Media
133
Statuses
861
Neurosurgeon @BCMNeurosurgery @BCMHouston @StLukesHealthTX Baylor St. Luke's #Neurosurgery #Neurology #Neuroscience #DeepBrainStimulation #Epilepsy #OCD
Houston, TX
Joined January 2020
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Islam
• 321200 Tweets
#ufc302
• 225279 Tweets
#ดวงใจเทวพรหมSportsDay
• 148754 Tweets
Dustin
• 141371 Tweets
Costa
• 127354 Tweets
Alex Jones
• 122314 Tweets
安田記念
• 115913 Tweets
Wilder
• 103886 Tweets
Strickland
• 100951 Tweets
#NARSLazLiveXFreenBecky
• 96812 Tweets
#おうちでNEWS万博
• 69899 Tweets
Panthers
• 28997 Tweets
Kevin Holland
• 27554 Tweets
BELLElissima22 ON ASAP
• 26914 Tweets
Pachuca
• 24713 Tweets
Mark Tuan For The 1
• 15163 Tweets
ロマンチックウォリアー
• 12426 Tweets
ガイアフォース
• 11303 Tweets
土砂降り
• 11142 Tweets
私人逮捕
• 10886 Tweets
セリフォス
• 10746 Tweets
Khabib
• 10046 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
Our recently published article in
@BiologicalPsyc1
reporting mood decoding using intracranial recordings in patients with severe depression.
@drpouratian
Wayne Goodman
@bcm_ocd
@Jiayang_Xiao
@KBijanki
@NicoleProvenza
@raissamathura
@neuronush
@BShofty
A study led by Drs. Sheth, Goodman
@TexasChildrens
@bcmhouston
& Pouratian
@UTSWNews
advances understanding of the basic neural circuitry of
#depression
in the human
#brain
: via
@ElsevierConnect
@BiologicalPsyc1
#brainawarenessweek2023
#BrainAwarenessWeek
0
9
12
1
13
74
Tremendously honored by 2 recent developments: promotion to Professor
@BCMNeurosurgery
and being named director of the Cain Pediatric Neurology Research Labs
@TCHResearchNews
, dedicated to reducing the burden of childhood epilepsies.
43
23
354
Congratulations to our
#Neurology
&
#Neurosurgery
program at Baylor St. Luke’s for achieving
#USNWR
national ranking! I’m proud to be a part of this fantastic team.
@StLukesHealthMD
@StLukesHealthTX
@BCMNeurosurgery
#NeuroTwitter
2
30
197
Tremendously honored to be named Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair by
@bcmhouston
. The Cullen Foundation has been supporting health care, higher ed, and performing arts in Houston since 1947. Humbled to be associated with their legacy.
@BCMNeurosurgery
.
12
11
180
Major health insurer Anthem recently announced that DBS of the "striatal axis" is "medical necessary" for pts with OCD who meet (well-accepted) criteria: . HUGE win for pts with severe OCD given otherwise restricted access to DBS despite FDA HDE.
2
30
143
1/12 Our new paper is out in
@BiologicalPsyc1
on sEEG-informed DBS for depression using a novel “inverse programming” strategy
@KBijanki
, Wayne Goodman,
@drpouratian
@raissamathura
3
33
129
Wish us luck!
@motifneuro
@JTRobinsonLab
@SunilAShethMD
@RiceNeuro
@BCMHouston_News
@BCMNeurosurgery
@TCHResearchNews
Brain tech startup formed at Rice University raises $18 million for implant to treat depression via
@houstonchron
2
17
118
3D holographic neurosurgical stereotactic planning is here, courtesy
#CameronMcIntyre
,
@AngelaNoecker
, and team. Enables simultaneous remote planning experience from anywhere (here: Cleveland, Houston, LA). Avatars:
@drpouratian
,
@KBijanki
, me.
1
26
116
After years of planning, we're finally doing this! Neurotech startup
@motifneuro
for min invasive neuromod, collaboration spanning
@texasmed
with
@JTRobinsonLab
and Kaiyuan Yang from
@RiceNeuro
,
@SunilAShethMD
from
@UTHealthHouston
. Wish us luck!! 🙏🏼🤞🧠🙏🏼
So this is happening! I’m taking a sabbatical to start a minimally invasive bioelectronics company:
@motifneuro
We plan to demonstrate the smallest, least invasive neural interface in humans by the end of 2024. Wish us luck! 🤞 🧠
38
18
406
4
6
112
Check out
@TheJNS
February 2023 issue of Neurosurgical Focus on the neurosurgical management of psychiatric disease
@AANSNeuro
@Nicole_McL_PhD
#neurosurgery
1
17
110
Great piece in
@ScienceMagazine
on current state of the art in DBS for depression mentioning several recent studies including ours just out today in
@BiologicalPsyc1
using intracranial recordings to optimize DBS therapy.
2
25
108
In this new perspectives paper, we propose an individualized and network-targeted framework for informing DBS parameters in neuropsychiatric disorders
@neuronush
@KBijanki
@drashwinv
@DanielYoshor
@drpouratian
Link here:
0
23
104
New thoughtful piece in
@Nature
on progress and remaining challenges in
#DBS
for
#depression
.
@HMayberg
@scangos
@drashwinv
@NINDSdirector
@jngai58
Wiring up the brain to beat depression
0
26
103
Very excited to share initial results from our adaptive DBS for OCD trial in
@NatureMedicine
. 5/5 responders and ventral striatum ephys signals that may be promising for closed loop control. Brava, 1st au
@NicoleProvenza
! Great team
@BrownBME
Borton,
@bcm_ocd
Goodman, Storch.
I’m thrilled to share our paper out now in
@NatureMedicine
: Long-term ecological assessment of intracranial
#electrophysiology
synchronized to behavioral markers in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 🧵below!
@BrownUResearch
@BCMFromTheLabs
9
54
166
4
15
101
1/9 Our new preprint is hot off the press! Here we decoded
#depression
severity from intracranial neural activity in 3 patients with severe treatment-resistant depression.
@KBijanki
,
@drpouratian
,
@xaqlab
, Wayne Goodman,
@Jiayang_Xiao
,
@NicoleProvenza
5
29
96
1/4 Check out our new article in
@eLife
. We discovered rhythmic patterns within the human insula that form gradients and traveling waves across the cortical surface.
@neurojosh
@ChenWuMD
@KBijanki
2
32
95
New paper out in
@JNNP_BMJ
on our systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrating the safety and efficacy of
#DBS
for treatment-resistant
#OCD
. Great work by co-first authors
@ron_gdt
and
@RicardoANajera
3
28
89
Every opportunity to highlight clinical research efforts to US Congress is critical. We recently did so for
#DBS
for
#OCD
in this panel discussion featuring one of our patients and postdoc
@NicoleProvenza
.
2
9
79
Continued exciting development in DBS for depression from the Mt Sinai/Emory/GA tech group and our BCM/UTSW group
@BCMNeurosurgery
@drpouratian
@HelenMaybergMD
Looking for an interesting read to go with your Saturday morning coffee?☕️
Check out this article in
@ScienceNews
, which features
#BCMNeurosurgery
's own Dr.
@SameerShethMD
, and discusses the
#science
behind
#DBS
for
#depression
: 🧠
1
4
23
0
13
78
Went for a run to let the news settle in. As an immigrant myself, my faith in our national values is redoubled. God bless the USA.
3
2
78
Very happy for the great outcome for our first trial patient and super proud of our team who made this possible:
@drpouratian
,
@KBijanki
,
@raissamathura
,
@neuronush
,
@_brian_metzger_
,
@NicoleProvenza
, Evie Tsolaki, Wayne Goodman, Sanjay Mathew
1
13
75
I’m greatly honored and excited to serve. Thanks to Walter Koroshetz
@NINDSdirector
for the nomination. Look forward to working with him and BRAIN Initiative director John Ngai and the Councils.
Proud to have
@SameerShethMD
as a colleague at
@BCMNeurosurgery
Sameer was just appointed to two NIH advisory councils. One for the BRAIN initiative and one for NINDS.
1
3
44
7
5
74
Enjoyed helping get the vaccine out this afternoon. Great job serving our community,
@StLukesHealthMD
and
@bcmhouston
!
@BCMNeurosurgery
@YoungbloodMBA
0
5
72
Patients with
#Parkinsons
who are candidates for
#DBS
are benefiting from continuous improvements in device technology. We're excited to be first in Texas to implant the new
#BosSci
Genus R16 generator with
#Bluetooth
.
@DrPJKaras
@BShofty
@BCMNeurosurgery
@StLukesHealthTX
1
13
72
Our submission to the 2020 BRAIN Initiative photo & video contest will be featured in the “digital” 2021 BRAIN Initiative Calendar along with great graphics from other BRAIN-funded labs.
@drpouratian
Wayne Goodman
@KBijanki
@BCMNeurosurgery
@StLukesHealthTX
@NINDSDirector
#BRAIN
1
7
70
Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, captured on my Dad’s amateur telescope. Enlarge and you can see the rings. 400 years since the two were this close together in the sky.
2
0
70
1/7 Check out our recent paper in
@brainstimj
drilling down on prefrontal connectivity using a unique opp from our
#BRAINInitative
funded
#DBS
for
#Depression
trial. We have DBS leads in VC/VS and SCC, and sEEG throughout PFC.
2
16
69
#DBS
for
#OCD
has been
#FDA
(HDE) approved since 2009, but few patients who meet criteria have access to this life-improving/saving therapy. Our new article
@NatureMedicine
discusses this access crisis 👉🏼.
@VVV_Cologne
@MichaelOkun
, others.
1
20
69
Soaking up amazing science and enjoying global friendships at 2nd DBS Experts Summit in Wurzburg hosted by the inimitable
@volkmann_jens
.
@foxmdphd
@HMayberg
3
4
67
We're back to canceling elective surgeries. The selfishness and misinformation-fed ignorance behind refusal to
#vaccinate
and
#MaskUp
is filling up hospitals and preventing needed care. A terrible, avoidable tragedy.
@StLukesHealthMD
@BCMNeurosurgery
5
9
65
The NINDS K12 award was critical in my early career. Highly encourage neurosurgeon-scientists to apply in first year of faculty job. Tune in for info from NINDS's Stephen Korn and my residency mentor Emad Eskandar.
@nsurgchick
@CNS_Update
@NINDSdirector
3
17
67
Hello, Twitter! This is my first tweet. Follow me for updates on
#Neurosurgery
#Neuroscience
#DeepBrainStimulation
#DBS
#Innovation
#PatientExperience
#MovementDisorders
#Neuropsychiatry
@BCMHouston
@BCMNeurosurgery
@BCM_Neurosci
@CHI_StLukes
@CHIStLukesNews
@TXMedCenter
12
7
66
Nice MIT
@techreview
article on
#DBS
for
#depression
featuring great outcome of one of our patients and highlighting mood decoding work of our
@bcm_neurosci
PhD student
@Jiayang_Xiao
. Star team includes
@drpouratian
, Wayne Goodman,
@KBijanki
, many more.
0
15
65
New preprint from our group revealing traveling waves emerging from spontaneous neural oscillations in human insula using intracranial recs. Great team:
@fatherpravat
, John Myers,
@neurojosh
@BShofty
@KBijanki
@_brian_metzger_
@ChenWuMD
@raissamathura
1
14
64
First day in OR with our first Functional Neurosurgery fellow
@BShofty
. Great job, Ben!
@BCMNeurosurgery
@CHI_StLukes
5
3
63
What a joy and privilege to be in
#Yosemite
, one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
1
0
62
Day 1 of kids’ spring break well-spent delivering 120 lunches to kids in Houston’s Fifth Ward via fantastic organization
@KidsMealsInc
. Teaching our kids to
#GiveBack
.
1
0
62
Extremely thrilled to have been able to recruit neuroscience heavy hitters Sarah Heilbronner
@SRHeilbronner
and Ben Hayden
@NeuroPolarbear
to
@BCMNeurosurgery
. Huge thanks to support from
@DoctorGRao
, Dean Mary Dickinson,
@bcmhouston
, McNair Foundation
@McNairFdn
Lab news!
In March, the Hayden Lab is moving to
@BCMNeurosurgery
at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas.
We will join the Human Neurophysiology team led by
@SameerShethMD
, which includes
@KBijanki
,
@AndrewJWatrous
, and Eleonora Bartoli. (Plus
@SRHeilbronner
!)
34
9
255
1
2
60
Awesome all-woman early career mini-symp at
#SfN2023
starting now!! MIN04: Advances in DBS: From Mechanisms to Applications organized by
@Steph_SPisto
&
@scernera1
. Very proud my postdoc
@NicoleProvenza
will be presenting her work on intracranial neural biomarkers of OCD.
2
7
59
Human intracranial neuroscience research provides truly unique opps to study brain function with an 👁️ towards treating debilitating neuropsych disorders. As we learn, we must maintain the highest ethical standards, as we discuss here 👇🏼
@NeuroCellPress
0
22
59
Thanks to
@NBCNews
for featuring our
@HoloLens
AR surgical planning platform. With
@drpouratian
, Cameron McIntyre,
@kbijanki
, we collaboratively plan DBS+sEEG implants for our
#depression
trial.👉🏼. Unparalleled opp for 3D visualization.
@NINDSdirector
0
7
58
DBS for challenging disorders like depression may benefit from epilepsy-style subacute intracranial recordings. Stay tuned for the pub describing our first subject’s outcome, mentioned here.
@KBijanki
@drpouratian
@neuronush
@raissamathura
@BCMNeurosurgery
#DeepBrainStimulation
.
@bcmhouston
's Dr. Sameer Sheth
@SameerShethMD
talked with
@nytimes
@PamBelluck
about
#DeepBrainStimulation
and
#depression
. Find out how it is helping some who weren't responding to traditional treatments.
#MentalHealth
0
7
22
1
9
58
So proud of my little bro for getting his first R01!
Got the NOA for the R01. Thanks to
@NINDSfunding
for supporting research to ensure all
#stroke
patients have access to high quality screening for treatment. And for those applying for funding - don’t give up. This took many (read: MANY) attempts...
29
7
185
0
1
58
"It was suddenly like I was back online." Amazing language patients use to describe their experience with DBS for depression. Here's an article about our sEEG-informed depression DBS trial from POV of our first subject.
@drpouratian
@KBijanki
1
7
58
We were honored to host Dr. Julie Pilitsis as our Annual Gildenberg Lecturer this morning. Julie is an amazing clinician researcher and a great friend. And is now about to be just the third neurosurgeon medical school dean! Brava!
This morning we hosted the 14th Annual Gildenberg Lectureship with invited lecturer Dr. Julie Pilitsis of
@AMCNeurosurgery
who's lecture was titled "Can focused ultrasound change the pain game?"
We are honored to have had her speak with our residents and visit Houston!
0
2
24
3
2
58
Very excited for the awesome work that
@NicoleProvenza
will do with us in
@BCMNeurosurgery
! Her work studying neurobehavioral relationships in ambulatory pts with recording-enabled devices will be transformative! Watch closely!!
@McNairFdn
@RiceNeuro
@RiceECE
@bcm_neurosci
I’m thrilled to announce that this week I started as a tenure track assistant professor and
@McNairFdn
Scholar in
@BCMNeurosurgery
with an adjunct appointment in
@RiceECE
! (1/3)
31
7
289
1
5
58
Extremely proud of
@BCMNeurosurgery
PGY5 resident Nisha Giridharan
@ngiridh
for winning the
#TANS2023
Resident Research Award for her NIH
#R25
funded work on DBS for OCD in my lab this year. Functional/epilepsy programs out there: watch for this rising 💫💫!!
1
3
58
What a fantastic treat to spend time with
@BShofty
@rshervin
@50kDinar
@IM_Inman
at
@UofUNeurosurg
. Ben and Shervin are the future of functional neurosurgery! Amazing program, wonderful hosts. I even got drafted to play ball in case this neurosurgery thing doesn’t work out…
Was an honor and pleasure having
@SameerShethMD
as our grand rounds
#functional
speaker
@UofUNeurosurg
this morning! A tour de force of the advances he is leading in
#Psychiatry
#Neurosurgery
. A true friend and mentor, we miss you already! Here with
@rshervin
@50kDinar
@IM_Inman
1
3
58
1
5
57
Our new paper is out now in
@brainstimj
. Here we report surgical considerations for our hybrid sEEG-DBS intracranial monitoring approach to treat network-level dysfunction in treatment resistant depression.
1
21
56
Meet the new robot in town – our ROSA at
@VAHouston
. Her maiden voyage was also the first robotic sEEG case in the VA system. Excited to leverage this technology to help our vets.
#Neurosurgery
#NeuroTwitter
1
10
56
Honored to be in the company of these renowned leaders of neurosurgical research
@JohnHSampson
@KrystofB
Brad Lega
@TexasMemory
4
2
55
1/4 In our new
@ScienceAdvances
article, we used
#Neurogrid
, a thin-film, non-penetrating, high-channel count neural interface, to record human single neuron spiking activity:
1
12
56
Bravo ABNS for creating this pathway to Board Certification for neurosurgeons who completed residency outside the US.
1
13
55
Our new paper in
@theJNS
compared awake vs. asleep
#DBS
for
#Parkinson
's across several dimensions in 122 patients. Motor improvement, L-dopa reduction, and TEED did not differ, and asleep procedures were significantly faster. (1/4)
1
14
54
1/5 In our new
@SfNJournals
#JNeurosci
article, we used a multiscale approach to measure the spatial reach of neuronal coherence and spike-field coupling during cognitive tasks in humans.
1
12
54
Join our team as a Postdoc
@BCMNeurosurgery
! Apply now to be part of our innovative research efforts:
#ResearchOpportunity
#PostdocJobs
@RiceNeuro
2
23
54
So proud of my co-resident and neurosurgical brother
@BrianNahed
, the new Joanne & Anthony Migliaro Endowed Scholar at
@MGHNeurosurg
. Bri, love u, man!
2
2
53
Tremendous honor to give Grand Rounds
@NeurosurgUCSF
this morning. Thanks to
@ManishKAghi
and
@ChangLabUcsf
for the invitation. Your department is a model of the bright future of neurosurgery. Looking forward to talking with your residents this afternoon.
Great talk
@NeurosurgUCSF
grand rounds this morning on precision neurosurgery for treatment resistant psychiatric disorders by
@BCMNeurosurgery
superstar and my good friend
@SameerShethMD
. Sameer joined us despite the terrible weather and lack of electricity in Houston!
0
5
45
2
4
54
Honored to give Grand Rounds for Northwestern Neurosurgery
@NeurosurgeryNM
on Friday.
#neurosurgery
#neurotwitter
Join us Friday 1/22 for virtual
#neurosurgery
#grandrounds
"Network-Minded Neuromodulation for Treatment-Resistant Psychiatric Disorders" via
@SameerShethMD
of
@BCMNeurosurgery
@bcmhouston
Register here:
#MedTwitter
#healthcare
0
4
14
3
7
53
1
3
52
@HMayberg
holding court after keynote, mentoring the next gen of leaders in a manner befitting the Women in Neuromodulation theme of DBS Think Tank X
@DBSThinkTank
2
5
51
The Sheth Lab is looking for a motivated Engineer/Programmer to support our expanding EMU-based research efforts on human neuroscience and meuromodulation. See posting here: Please RT!
@BCMNeurosurgery
0
21
50
Challenging secondary dystonia, targeted both STN and GPi bilaterally to hedge our bets, but with just one pair of burr holes and one IPG. Increased therapeutic potential with minimal cosmetic "cost" to pt.
@StLukesHealthTX
@StLukesHealthMD
@BCMNeurosurgery
@BShofty
First in Texas! Dual DBS for complex movement disorder with 4 leads into the new Vercise Genus R32 channel generator. Patient leaves happy with only 1 chest incision!
@BCMNeurosurgery
#functional
fellowship, breaking boundaries under
@SameerShethMD
with the help of Dr. Sharma.
2
4
82
2
9
51
Check out our other paper in
@brainstimj
on interactive holographic stereotactic planning for sEEG and DBS electrode placements. This method integrates patient-specific brain models into a group-based 3D virtual reality environment.
1
11
49
Excited to put out this new content for our rapidly growing field of stereotactic and functional
#neurosurgery
. Congratulations to my co-editor
@drpouratian
of
@UCLAHealth
and thanks to the chapter authors, all leaders in this field!
Congratulations on the publication of your textbook
@SameerShethMD
. Check out chapter 24 on mesial temporal epilepsy with
@DanielYoshor
!
#springer
1
9
32
1
5
50
So proud of my postdoc Habiba Azab
@foundmymarbles
, who won Best Talk by a Jr Investigator at
#HSN2020
Human Single Neuron conference today. Congrats to organizers
@UeliRutishauser
@SuthanaLab
@gkreiman
, Ralph Adolphs, Rich Andersen on a great meeting!
0
3
49
Appreciate the Diwali shoutout,
@CNS_Update
!
The November Issues of Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery are now available online!
#cns
#neurosurgery
#research
#publication
#neurosurgeons
#nsgy
0
5
29
0
2
48
My
@MGHNeurosurg
neurosurgical brother
@BrianNahed
and amazing jr resident Katie Fehnel
@CNS_Update
#CNS2023
0
4
47
@Nature
piece re
@neuralink
's first human implant. Will advertised, cherry-picked sound bites become the new normal means for comms? On other hand, I hope increased awareness ➡️ increased interest in these promising neurotech therapies.
@motifneuro
1
4
45
Proud of this rising 💫 functional neurosurgeon, whom I first met when I was a resident
@MGHNeurosurg
and he was
@harvardmed
med student. Way to go, Jimmy! Congratulations on the recruitment,
@RussellLonser
!
Congratulations to Dr. Jimmy Yang! He was awarded a NINDS (
@NIH
) K12 grant (
@NRCDP_K12
) for his research into anterior thalamic stimulation for medically-refractory epilepsy. This grant will propel this critical science and his work.
@NeurosurgeryOSU
#neurosurgery
1
3
68
0
6
46
Very excited to have recruited
@AndrewJWatrous
to join our group at
@BCMNeurosurgery
@bcm_neurosci
Andrew’s xp with human intracranial recordings will be a great asset. Welcome!
Happy to announce I'm moving the lab to the Dept of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine. Very excited to collaborate with so many fantastic neuroscientists!!
@BCMNeurosurgery
@bcmhouston
@SameerShethMD
4
1
106
1
1
44
These projects wouldn't be possible without the work of a great team
@drpouratian
@KBijanki
@_brian_metzger_
@raissamathura
@NicoleProvenza
@BCMNeurosurgery
@bcm_ocd
#Neurosurgery
#DeepBrainStimulation
A
#brain
pacemaker for
#depression
? Dr. Sameer Sheth
@SameerShethMD
@BCMNeurosurgery
, Dr. Wayne Goodman
@bcmhouston
and Dr. Nader Pourtain
@drpouratian
@UTSWNews
explain in
@HoustonChron
@ltpeyton
0
9
25
1
7
43
(1/5) New paper in
@BiologicalPsyc1
demonstrating favorable outcomes with dual-target sensing-capable
#DBS
in two patients with concomitant treatment-resistant
#OCD
and
#TouretteSyndrome
. Great work by first author
@RicardoANajera
.
1
13
44
Appreciate the shoutout from
@NIHDirector
. First au
@NicoleProvenza
did a fantastic job deriving promising signals for closed-loop control from ventral striatum recordings in
#DBS
for
#OCD
subjects.
@NINDSnews
@NINDSdirector
@NIMHDirector
Researchers captured over 1K hours of brain recordings from patients w/ OCD to improve the design of deep brain stimulation treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. Read more:
#NIH
@USBrainAlliance
@NINDSNews
12
30
149
2
1
43
So happy for this young couple with early
#Parkinsons
who are starting their
#dbs
journey together! Hats off to
@bcmneurology
@PDCMDC
for their top-notch care before DBS and skilled programming now.
@Vanegas4Nora
@JankovicJoseph
This
#ValentinesDay
, meet Allison and Steven, a husband-and-wife duo living with
#ParkinsonsDisease
, who recently underwent
#deepbrainstimulation
surgery performed by
#BCMNeurosurgery
's own
@SameerShethMD
at
@StLukesHealthTX
.
🧠❤️:
0
5
17
2
6
43
Very proud of my brother
@rahulshethmd
, about to get his R01!!
@MDAndersonNews
Way to go, bro!!
Thrilled to share the score for my NIH R01 on novel approaches to image-guided intratumoral delivery of immunotherapies. I’m eternally grateful to my mentors and collaborators who helped make this a reality!
@PatrickHwuMD
@ANaingMD
30
9
156
1
0
42
1
2
42
New case report out in
@SNInt
by
@AdrishAnand
on a challenging but instructive case of cingulate epilepsy. Read here:
@raissamathura
@RicardoANajera
@ron_gdt
@BShofty
@BCMNeurosurgery
@BCMFromtheLabs
#Neurosurgery
#NeuroTwitter
#Epilepsy
1
7
42
Check out our new preprint featuring acute first in human and chronic large animal studies with our Motif Neurotech wireless cortical stimulator.
@JTRobinsonLab
@SunilAShethMD
@motifneuro
@BCMNeurosurgery
Geek out on all the details here:
Super proud to be a part of bringing this from whiteboard sketch to FIH!! I get to work with awesome folks:
@joshthewoods
@FatimaRashdan
@SameerShethMD
@SunilAShethMD
, Amanda Singer, and others not on X
1
1
17
1
6
41
New paper out now on prefrontal network engagement in TRD patients with DBS in SCC and VCVS! Great work by first author
@neuronush
and thank you to the rest of the team.
@KBijanki
@DeniseNOswalt
@raissamathura
@BShofty
@drpouratian
0
10
41
Our recent commentary in
@ACNPorg
provides perspective on recent important pubs on connectomic imaging and DBS for OCD by
@AlikWidge
@Nicole_McL_PhD
@DarinDougherty
et al.,
@BaldermannJC
@VVV_Cologne
@andreashorn_
et al.
2
7
40
It was an honor to be visiting prof at
@VUMC_Neurosurg
this week! Tremendous leadership there with Reid Thompson,
@lola_chambless
,
@Englot
, Sarah Bick, many others. Loved seeing my host and chief resident
@danikapaulomd
, our next S/F fellow
@BCMNeurosurgery
Feeling very inspired this week and fortunate to be guided by incredible mentors such as
@lola_chambless
who became an endowed chair and
@SameerShethMD
who honored us with a visiting professor visit and grand rounds talk
@VUMC_Neurosurg
! Mentors really light up the path 🤩
0
4
43
0
4
40
Check out the new proceedings of last year’s DBS Think Tank highlighting cutting-edge neuromodulation, adaptive stimulation, AI, computational modeling and more!
The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Think Tank XI proceedings is published! “Pushing the Forefront of Neuromodulation,” the updates, paper and meeting were highlighted by
@ndosenbach
who presented research recently published in
@Nature
w/Evan Gordon to identify and characterize the
4
29
88
0
9
40
1/5 New preprint from our DBS for depression trial in partnership with
@bostonsci
. We share a novel inverse programming algorithm, DBS Illumina 3D, to assist with clinical programming of DBS stimulation parameters using patient-specific imaging.
2
8
40
Attend our DBS for OCD CME workshop 10/14/22 to learn/discuss surgical targeting and DBS programming. Free for trainees. In-person or virtual. Register: . Practical, case-based approach to demystify and increase accessibility to DBS for OCD. 👉🏼Pls RT!
0
10
39
Nominate Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, the clinical home for
@BCMNeurosurgery
, for US News & World Report's
#Neurology
&
#Neurosurgery
hospital rankings happening now on Doximity. Learn more here:
@StLukesHealthMD
@bcm_neurosci
@BCMHouston
0
12
38
What an honor and pleasure to bring
@DanielYoshor
back to his
@BCMNeurosurgery
roots for the 10th Sawaya Lecture. Inspiring talk on leadership and generosity honoring his mentor Dr. Sawaya. Dinner with 6 neurosurgery chairs was momentous!!
It was a real honor to host
@DanielYoshor
from
@PennNSG
for the tenth annual Raymond Sawaya lecture
@BCMNeurosurgery
. They each have left a remarkable legacy and I am grateful to both of them for their positive impact on my career.
0
4
38
1
2
39
Super proud of Anusha
@neuronush
for winning best clinical poster at
#ASSFN2022
amongst a very strong field of clinicians and scientists. No stopping the combo of engineering and neurosurgery!
@ASSFNeurosurg
@BrownUniversity
@BCMNeurosurgery
@NicoleProvenza
And that’s a wrap on
@ASSFNeurosurg
meeting! Capping it off with receiving the best clinical poster award (!) and some quality time with two of my favorite people
@SameerShethMD
@NicoleProvenza
. This engineer is 100% sold on neurosurgery meetings being the most fun 🤓
9
1
41
2
1
39
Great addition to the literature on DBS for OCD. Evidence in favor of the efficacy of this critical therapy is growing fast. Now we have to work on more consistent insurance coverage and increasing patient referrals to experienced programs.
@bcm_ocd
Out now in Translational Psychiatry:
First Australian randomised, sham-controlled, double-blind trial of
#deepbrainstimulation
for severe, treatment-resistant
#OCD
With
@QldBrainInst
@UQMedicine
@QIMRBerghofer
@RANZCP
@Medtronic
@MedtronicANZ
5
64
179
1
5
38
Very excited to have Sarah Heilbronner
@SRHeilbronner
and Ben Hayden
@NeuroPolarbear
join
@BCMNeurosurgery
as McNair Scholars!
@McNairFdn
Last month,
#BCMNeurosurgery
welcomed Drs. Benjamin Hayden and Sarah Heilbronner to the team as McNair Scholars!
Learn more about their areas of focus → 🧠🔬
0
0
14
1
7
38
"Mixed-conducting particulate composites for soft electronics" via
@ScienceMagazine
Thanks to collaborators
@drashwinv
, Patricia Jastrzebska-Perfect,
@GDSpyropoulos
,
@claudiacea8
, Zifang Zhao,
@OnniRauhala
, Jennifer N. Gelinas, and
@dk2955
.
0
10
38
Super proud of my bro for getting this R01 and for the bump up to the R37!
Grateful beyond words to
@theNCI
for funding my research and converting my R01 to an R37 MERIT award. Our lab
@MDAndersonNews
is ready to go! Thanks as well to my tremendous mentors who helped make this dream come true
@PatrickHwuMD
@ANaingMD
19
12
154
0
1
38
Extremely proud of Anusha, now Dr. Allawala!! Anusha gave an oratorical masterpiece of a defense at
@Brown_BME
. Her efforts were critical for our DBS for depression trial and earned her a prestigious NIH F99/K00. Way to go
@neuronush
!!
@NeurosurgUCSF
is lucky to have u!
Officially DOCTOR ALLAWALA! Exceptionally grateful to
@SameerShethMD
for being a brilliant mentor and advocate for me during this process, my advisor Dave Borton, and to my committee for their thoughtful feedback.
Next stop:
@NeurosurgUCSF
!
11
4
91
0
1
38
DBS for OCD has been approved by FDA HDE since 2009, but is highly underutilized. With outcomes as good as they are, we need to increase awareness of this life-improving therapy.
.
@HealthDayTweets
shares the latest
#DBS
research from
@bcmhouston
's
@SameerShethMD
@BCMNeurosurgery
@MenningerClinic
for the treatment of
#OCD
0
2
7
0
8
38
Series of webinars on DBS sponsored by the Int'l Neuromodulation Soc featuring international speakers starts tomorrow morning U.S. time. Register at . Thanks to Paresh Doshi
@PKD2012
in Mumbai for organizing.
1
7
38
Amazing Tenth DBS Think Tank crowned by keynote from the inimitable Helen Mayberg
@HMayberg
@DBSThinkTank
0
6
37
2020
@DBSThinkTank
is underway this morning!
@MichaelOkun
and
@KDFooteMD
and team
@UF
have organized 20 hours of cutting-edge content on
#DeepBrainStimulation
for the next 2 days.
Our annual DBS Think Tank has started with already over 200 participants worldwide!
#DBS
#DBSThinkTank
0
5
14
0
5
37
Congratulations to our team for winning the 2021 BRAIN Initiative Show Us Your BRAINs Video Contest! 🥳
@NicoleProvenza
@raissamathura
@KBijanki
Evan Dastin-van Rijn, David Borton, Wayne Goodman using MMVT software developed by
@pelednoam
@bcm_ocd
0
3
36
Super excited for and proud of
@KBijanki
for getting her R01! Nailed it on her first try! (much more than I can say for my first…) Great project taking advantage of intracranial opps in epilepsy and TRD patients.
@BCMNeurosurgery
@bcm_neurosci
@NINDSdirector
My R01 was funded today! Looking forward to studying intracranial mechanisms of mood with
@SameerShethMD
,
@drpouratian
, Wayne Goodman, Cameron McIntyre, Sanjay Mathew,
@SuthanaLab
, David Borton, Jeff Cohn, and Meghan Robinson!
16
1
105
0
1
36