The Foundation has published a roadmap for the role of focused ultrasound in treating pancreatic cancer based on a recent meeting of a multidisciplinary group of experts and leaders in the industry. READ MORE >
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Latest Developments in Focused Ultrasound Highlighted at Community Event
The Foundation held its biennial event, which explored the latest breakthroughs in focused ultrasound and its potential to confront the most vexing challenges in medicine.
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Blog: Focused Ultrasound for Lung Tumors – From Impossible to Possible
Focused ultrasound was previously believed not to be an option for treating lung tumors, but recent studies have provided hope for the technology as a treatment option.
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UVA Capstone Students Conduct Projects at Foundation
The Foundation hosted six interns from the University of Virginia for their capstone projects. Learn more about each student’s project and their work with the Foundation.
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Donor Profile: Jimmy Wright, PhD
Jimmy Wright, PhD, President of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, shares his enthusiasm for the Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s mission and activities.
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Council Update: Meredith Woo Joins American Hospital in Paris Foundation Board
Meredith Woo, PhD, council member and president of Sweet Briar College, has recently joined the board of the American Hospital in Paris Foundation.
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Patient Spotlight: Kyle Fernandez
Struggling with symptoms since kindergarten, Kyle was finally diagnosed with essential tremor as a young man. Focused ultrasound treatment gave him his life back.
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Focused Ultrasound–Assisted Delivery of Stem Cells in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: Pilot Study Results
Results from a collaborative study between SonaCare Medical, physicians at the Arkansas Heart Hospital Vein & Vascular Institute, and NIH scientists were published.
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Preprints Survey
Should research papers be openly shared prior to the peer review process? The Center for Open Science (COS) is asking for participation in a survey.
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Research Roundup
Columbia University researchers conducted experiments to determine whether focused ultrasound would assist in repairing damaged neural pathways in patients with Parkinson’s.
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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Used in Case of Previously Untreated Breast Cancer
A case report from a patient in Germany who refused traditional breast cancer treatment and asked specifically for focused ultrasound has been published.
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FDA Publishes List of Priority Patient Preference Areas for Medical Devices
The FDA is working to incorporate patient experiences to help inform the agency’s evaluation of medical devices as part of their approval process for device manufacturers.
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June 9-13, 2019 14th Biennial Congress and Exhibition of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 10-11, 2019 Society for Image Guided Neurointerventions (SIGN), Baltimore, Maryland
June 13-15, 2019 19th International Symposium of ISTU | 5th European Symposium of EUFUS, Barcelona, Spain
June 20-21, 2019 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) Medical Device Conference, San Francisco, California
June 24-27, 2019 World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) 18th Biennial Meeting, New York, New York
July 14-18, 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), Los Angeles, California
July 14-18, 2019 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 61st Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
July 23-27, 2019 41st International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2019), Berlin, Germany
August 2-6, 2019 American Veterinary Medicine Association (AVMA) Convention, Washington, D.C.
August 16-17, 2019 Society for NeuroOncology (SNO) Inaugural Conference on Brain Metastases, New York, New York
August 29-31, 2019 5th World Congress on Parkinsons & Huntington Disease, Vienna, Austria |
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