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Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 2011 This story covers a Foundation-funded clinical trial that produced the world’s first MRgFUS treatment of essential tremor, conducted at the University of Virginia.U.Va. uses scalpel-free brain surgery to treat tremor Richmond Time-Dispatch, June 2011This article is a follow-up with the UVA clinical trial patient, Billy Williams, three months after his MRgFUS treatment for essential tremor.Early results of essential tremor study promising

Community Idea Stations (radio broadcast), March 2011 Billy Williams, the patient treated in the world’s first MRgFUS essential tremor trial, is interviewed.UVA performs world’s first focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor

Albermarle Magazine, February 2011 This feature article highlights the work of the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation and the importance of the technology. Focused Ultrasound Surgery Center of Excellence: Leading the worldwide movement to revolutionize the field of medicine

TV viewers in dozens of American cities are learning about the FUSF-funded essential tremor trial at the University of Virginia. In early August, Ivanhoe Broadcast News — a syndication service that works in partnership with the American Institute of Physics — provided subscribing stations with a video report about the trial. Stations will air the story whenever newscast time permits. The story features interviews with the study’s first patient, Billy R. Williams, and its principal investigator, W. Jeffrey Elias, MD.