What is new on the medical technology horizon?
Obviously, I’m focused on the brain, so my answer doesn’t consider other organ systems, such as the heart. I’m incredibly enthusiastic with the technology our company—Northstar Neuroscience—has developed and is in the process of evaluating for potential FDA approval. We are using very mild electrical stimulation to help recover arm and hand function lost after stroke. Our preliminary studies are encouraging and if this technology works well, it will provide a revolutionary basis with which to treat various brain disorders. ………………………………………………………………………………………. : It seems to me that neurosurgery is pretty much a left brain activity and writing is right brain. How does someone make that switch from logical/precise to creative/artistic. Good question. It’s often asked of me in slightly different way— more like, “Why do so many doctors try to write fiction?” I’m not a believer in parceling out cognition in an either/or manner.
