July 16, 2020 - Nationwide Medicare Reimbursement for Essential Tremor Treatment – and more news

July 16, 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Symposium News | Research News | Industry News | Events     Nationwide Medicare Reimbursement of Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor Eligible essential tremor patients across the US can now access the benefit of reimbursement of focused ultrasound treatment through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).     READ MORE > Foundation News Foundation and Koch Disruptive Technologies Discuss Advancing Focused Ultrasound Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD, and Chase Koch, the President of Koch Disruptive Technologies, spoke about the field of focused ultrasound and how their organizations are working together. READ MORE AND LISTEN TO THE PODCAST > Foundation Council Welcomes Kat Imhoff The Foundation is pleased to welcome Kat Imhoff, senior conservation fellow at the Piedmont Environmental Council, to its dedicated group of goodwill ambassadors.   READ MORE > Donor Profile: Paul Manning An entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Paul Manning shares why he supports focused ultrasound.   READ MORE > Foundation Team Members Give Back and Support Blue Ridge Area Food Bank In June, the Foundation team exceeded its goal in supporting a local organization that provides nourishing food to our neighbors in need.   READ MORE > SEE LOCAL MEDIA COVERAGE FROM NBC29 >   More Foundation News In case you missed it: Cancer Immunotherapy Focus Feature Apply Now: Lockhart Memorial Prize for Cancer Research | Deadline is July 31 Symposium News FORTUNE Editor-in-Chief Clifton Leaf Named Keynote Speaker at 2020 Symposium Clifton Leaf, prominent healthcare journalist and Editor-in-Chief of FORTUNE, will serve as a keynote speaker at the 7th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound. READ MORE > Symposium Abstract Deadline Extended Monday, July 20, is the last day to submit abstracts and apply for a young investigator award for the 2020 meeting.    SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT NOW > International Symposium: Important Update Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD, assesses the impact of our first ever virtual meeting in November. READ MORE > Research News Investigator Profile: Craig Slingluff, MD Dr. Craig Slingluff’s current clinical trial is studying the effects of focused ultrasound and immunotherapy to treat advanced solid tumors. READ THE PROFILE > COVID-19 Research Project Delays  Please read the following update for our funded researchers in light of the current pandemic. READ MORE > Lizzi Award Winners Launch ISTU Webinar Series The International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) has launched a new webinar series with presentations from its 2020 Lizzi Award winners: Hong Chen, PhD, and Meaghan O’Reilly, PhD.   READ MORE > Foundation Scholar Participates in Journal's "Tumor Talk" Webinar On July 7, neurosurgeon and former Foundation scholar Francesco Prada, MD, discussed his recent sonodynamic therapy study during a webinar hosted by the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.   READ MORE > Meeting Report: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2020 Virtual Meetings During two virtual sessions, AACR highlighted the best international basic, translational, and clinical cancer research, including several e-posters and an educational session on focused ultrasound. READ MORE > Opening the Blood-Brain Barrier After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy Nathan McDannold’s group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School investigated whether prior brain irradiation affected outcomes when opening the blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound and microbubbles.  READ MORE > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications. *Login required   More Research News Ultrasound And Microbubbles: An Unusual Approach To Fighting Cancer | Forbes Advanced MRI Methods Guide Treatments of Tremor | Physics World Weekly Pick of Brain Tumour Research News from around the World | Brain Tumour Research Brilliant Neurosurgeon Todd Mainprize Found a New Pathway to the Brain | The Globe and Mail External Ultrasound Therapy of Calcific Aortic Stenosis -- First-in-Man | EurekAlert! Focused Ultrasound Shows Early Promise in Glioblastoma Brain Tumours | The Brain Tumour Charity Aiming Ultrasound at the Brain Raises Hope of New Treatments | Science Magazine Focused Ultrasound Shows Hope against Deadly Brain Tumor (video) | Charlottesville CBS 19 Industry News OxSonics's Funding Round Oversubscribed  Oxford-based, OxSonics Therapeutics announced that it has closed a £10.5M Series B2 financing round that will be used to take their SonoTran® platform technology into first-in-human clinical trials and fund other strategic development areas. READ MORE >   More Industry News Sonablate HIFU Sales Experience Great Momentum Despite COVID as Patient Demand Grows for Less Invasive Option | EIN Presswire Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it!   Upcoming Events   July 16-17, 2020 Chordoma Foundation's International Chordoma Research Workshop | virtual event  July 27-31, 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference | virtual event  August 14, 2020 Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) Virtual Conference on Brain Metastases | virtual event  October 5-9, 2020 The MedTech Conference | virtual event  November 8-13, 2020 7th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound | virtual event | Abstract submission deadline is July 20, 2020. November 19-22, 2020 Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) 25th Annual Scientific Meeting & Education Day, Austin, TX November 29 – December 5, 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting | virtual event