Timothy Smith, MD, PhD, MPH, a neurosurgeon-scientist in the Brigham’s Department of Neurosurgery, is exploring how to utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize neurosurgical patient care. He is co-author of three papers that offer a glimpse into how these technologies are transforming the field.

In a two-part article in the Journal of Neurosurgery, surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital discuss the epidemiology, clinical and radiologic features and surgical management of this group of pathologies. This summary covers part 1, dural and extradural CavVMs.

Physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have encountered two newborn infants with a novel syndrome they believe arises from errors in notochord formation. They report its clinical and radiographic characteristics, describe their treatment approach and theorize about the embryogenesis of the malformation.

Serum biomarkers are becoming increasingly investigated for risk profiling in MS. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found that changes in two of them after treatment is stopped can signal impending disease activity.

Clinicians and clinician-investigators in the Division of Movement Disorders in the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are taking various approaches to provide specialty care for patients facing a broad range of diseases that affect movement, including Parkinson’s disease.