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Dr. Lam develops innovative new shunt device for hydrocephalus Oct. 03, 2006 What If? A neurosurgeon dreams of a better device - and invokes an innovative collaboration to help make it a reality Like other neurosurgeons, Cornelius Lam, treats his patients suffering with excess fluid on the brain (hydrocephalus) by implanting a tube to shunt excess fluid from the brain to the heart or abdomen ... but Lam knew there had to be a better way.

Brain Surgery without Incisions Oct. 04, 2005 An alternative to brain surgery, The Gamma Knife Center at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, is the only facility in the Twin Cities to offer Gamma Knife® radiosurgery. The Gamma Knife is trusted technology and considered the "gold standard" for stereotactic radiosurgery. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is a minimally invasive technique that eliminates the short term side effects of conventional operations while achieving control of some brain tumors and other disorders.

New Book Release: Principles of Molecular Neurosurgery Jul. 20, 2005 The future of neurosurgery will be characterized by less invasive, molecular technologies that promise to revolutionize the field of neurosurgery. University of Minnesota Physicians neurosurgeon, Andrew Freese, M.D., Ph.D., is a contributing editor.