Latest Advances in Intracranial Ablation

Presenters

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  Vishad Sukul, MD

  Section Chief, Functional and Epilepsy Surgery

  Westchester Medical Center

  Vishad V. Sukul, MD, FAANS, FCNS, is Section Chief of Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery at Westchester Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at New York Medical College. He is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in functional neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, and neuromodulation. His clinical practice encompasses surgical and neuromodulatory therapies for epilepsy, movement disorders, and chronic pain. Dr. Sukul’s academic interests focus on advancing neuromodulation through emerging technologies, including adaptive and closed-loop stimulation, and exploring the application of brain connectomics and network-based approaches to improve therapeutic targeting and clinical outcomes. His research includes epilepsy neuromodulation, spinal cord stimulation, and national trends in neuromodulation utilization. An active member of the North American Neuromodulation Society, Dr. Sukul is involved in neuromodulation education and has contributed to NANS programming for residents, fellows, and practicing clinicians.

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  Sarah K. Bick, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee

  Dr. Bick is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She attended medical school at Vanderbilt and completed Neurosurgery residency and functional neurosurgery fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her clinical interests include deep brain stimulation, movement disorders, epilepsy surgery, facial pain, and psychiatric neurosurgery. She also runs a lab focused on studying the neurophysiology of cognitive and psychiatric processes with the goal of developing novel neuromodulation approaches.