1. What is your favorite part about neuromodulation work?
I really like working with patients to provide a therapy that provides results with few side effects after they have failed many therapies.
2. What is your favorite kind of neuromodulation technique and/or equipment and why?
My interest is in optimizing therapies for patients by taking feedback from patients as they evaluate settings and using that feedback to suggest new settings for testing.
3. What kind of conditions do you treat with neuromodulation?
Spinal cord stimulation for spinal cord injury, cortical stimulation for treatment of chronic pain and depression, and deep brain stimulation for epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
4. Any sparks of inspiration you would like to share?
A spinal cord stimulation device has 16 electrodes and millions of possible waveform parameters. We need systematic and efficient methods for finding optimal stimulation.
5. What is your favorite part of the brain and why?
I have spent much of my career studying the hippocampus, so it is my favorite. It is also objectively the most beautiful structure in the brain.
6. Any exciting news or breakthroughs you'd like to share regarding your neuromodulation work?
We have had incredible success in optimizing stimulation parameters in restoring motor and autonomic function in spinal cord injury patients, improving epilepsy symptoms, and in a depression patient that is now in full remission.
