Press Releases

Foundation Receives $10 Million Anonymous Pledge 1 November 2017 Trial Combining Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Begins 24 October 2017 Lockhart Prize Awarded to UVA's Richard Price 5 October 2017 Foundation Partnering with CRI to Advance Cancer Immunotherapy 22 June 2017 First Alzheimer’s Trial with Focused Ultrasound Begins 2 May 2017 acac Fitness & Wellness Centers Raise More Than $90,000 for the Focused Ultrasound Foundation 18 April 2017 Former Medtronic Chairman Bill Hawkins Elected to Board of Focused Ultrasound Foundation 9 November 2016 Dr. Emily White Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation as Director of Operations 7 July 2016 Former Virginia Tech President Charles Steger Elected to Board of Focused Ultrasound Foundation 19 May 2016 CBS This Morning Features John Grisham Discussing his New Free Book about Focused Ultrasound as a Groundbreaking Medical Treatment 20 April 2016 Dr. Tim Meakem Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation as Chief Medical Officer 19 April 2016 Neurosurgeon and Foundation Chairman Neal Kassell Appointed to National Cancer Institute’s Blue Ribbon Panel for Cancer Moonshot 4 April 2016 “Bringing the Future Into Focus” Video Features Focused Ultrasound as Breakthrough Medical Treatment 17 March 2016 New John Grisham Book "The Tumor" Promotes Focused Ultrasound as a Groundbreaking Medical Treatment 26 January 2016 Blood-Brain Barrier Opened Noninvasively With Focused Ultrasound for the First Time 9 November 2015 FDA Approves First Focused Ultrasound System for Treating the Prostate 13 October 2015 First Depression Clinical Trial with Focused Ultrasound Begins 29 September 2015 First U.S. Patients Treated with Focused Ultrasound for Parkinson’s Disease 1 September 2015 Former Virginia Tech President Charles Steger Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation Council 29 July 2015 International Businessman Ned Kelly Joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation Board 20 May 2015