This is the first hospital in the world that is solely dedicated to using noninvasive focused ultrasound, and it has provided more than 9,800 treatments.
The facility is the 13th Center of Excellence worldwide, and the first in China.
Dr. Xu has recently been named a 2024 Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, and the Li Ka Shing Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan.
She has been integral in developing focused ultrasound histotripsy, which is being tested to treat tumors in the liver, pancreas, and kidney.
Focused ultrasound ablation and neuromodulation are being tested to treat depression, OCD, anxiety, addiction, and several other psychiatric disorders.
Suzanne LeBlang, MD, recently presented an update on the 36 ongoing worldwide clinical trials being conducted by 10+ companies for 8 different indications.