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Garry Choy, MD, MBA, Joins Foundation’s Council
- Dr. Choy is Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Systems in the Office of Medical Affairs at UnitedHealth Group.
- He previously served as faculty at Harvard Medical School.
- The Council provides strategic advice, assists with raising funds, and builds awareness.
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State of Research Update: Focused Ultrasound for Diabetes
- Kelsie Timbie, PhD, the Foundation’s Scientific Program Manager, provides an overview of current research in focused ultrasound for diabetes.
- Recent preclinical research suggests that focused ultrasound neuromodulation could prevent or reverse Type 2 diabetes.
- The video was presented during the Foundation’s recent Board of Directors meeting.
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Register Now for Symposium 2022
- Join us this October at the world’s leading forum for sharing the latest translational and clinical advances in focused ultrasound.
- We encourage you to join us in-person, but there is a virtual registration option and discounted student rates.
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Clinical Trial Results Support HIFU Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Data from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center indicate that targeted high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can be effective for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
- Researchers likened focal therapy with HIFU to a “male lumpectomy.”
- The article also shares the story of a patient who had successful HIFU treatment in 2016.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial Adds Sites in Florida
- Launched in 2018, the trial is investigating focused ultrasound–induced blood-brain barrier opening in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
- The number of participants has been increased, and three sites in Florida have now joined the study.
- The original enrollment sites in West Virginia, New York, and Ohio are also seeking patients.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRIAL >
LEARN ABOUT THE FLORIDA BRAIN STATE INITIATIVE >
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Foundation-Funded Research Update: Focused Ultrasound for Limb Loss Pain
- Researchers at The Israel Institute of Technology investigated whether focused ultrasound could be used to alleviate chronic pain occurring after limb amputation.
- Physicians applied focused ultrasound to six stump neuromas in five participants.
- The team struggled to reach ablative temperatures, but the treatment temporarily decreased pain intensity.
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Constantin Coussios, PhD, Recognized in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
- Professor Constantin Coussios has been appointed as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to biomedical engineering.
- The OBE is the second highest ranking order below the orders of knighthood.
- Prof. Coussios is Director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Statutory Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University.
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Meeting Report: Acoustical Society of America (ASA) 2022
- The 182nd meeting of ASA was held May 23–27, 2022, in Denver, Colorado.
- Sessions related to focused ultrasound included bacterial infections, brain, cardiovascular, drug delivery, cancer immunotherapy, musculoskeletal, oncology, optic, renal, and technical applications.
- Meaghan O’Reilly, PhD, received the R. Bruce Lindsay award.
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Focused Ultrasound Included in Epilepsy Pipeline Conference
- On June 5–6, the Epilepsy Foundation hosted its 2022 Pipeline Conference.
- This meeting is designed to showcase the latest developments in the epilepsy pipeline from preclinical to US Food and Drug Administration approval.
- Vibhor Krishna, MD, presented information on focused ultrasound treatments for epilepsy.
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European Medical Device Regulation – One Year Experience
- In May 2021, the European Union implemented the Medical Device Regulation (MDR), and reviews are mixed.
- This blog by Thomas Andreae, PhD, the Foundation's Ambassador in Europe, examines the MDR’s impact on focused ultrasound’s technological development.
- The Foundation encourages European focused ultrasound companies and other stakeholders to submit comments on the issues at hand.
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June 30, 2022 Immunotherapy and Breast Cancer: A Webinar | WEBINAR
July 10-14, 2022 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
July 28, 2022 Making Gas to Remove Gas: Acoustic Droplet Vaporization for Reperfusion Injury | WEBINAR
August 14-19, 2022 Gordon Research Conference – In Vivo Ultrasound Imaging, Ventura, CA
August 22-23, 2022 Society for Image-Guided Neurointerventions (SIGN) 2022, Warwickshire, UK
September 15-18, 2022 European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) 2022, Vienna, Austria
September 26-28, 2022 iTRUSST - 3rd Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Symposium (FUN) 2022, Mainz, Germany and VIRTUAL
October 10-13, 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy
October 13-15, 2022 Veterinary Cancer Society Annual Conference 2022, Norfolk, VA
October 23-28, 2022 8th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound, Bethesda, MD
December 8-11, 2022 International Symposium on Biomolecular Ultrasound and Sonogenetics (ISBUS), Pasadena, CA
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