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Members of the UCSF Department of Neurosurgery pose for a group photo to celebrate the graduation of chief residents Tom Wozny, MD, John Andrews, MD and John Yue, MD.

Neurosurgery Department Celebrates Residency Program Graduates of 2025

Close-up of hands holding a smartphone displaying a brain MRI scan on the screen

Reno toddler thriving after groundbreaking laser brain surgery

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A toddler with gauze bandages around his head stands in his crib and smiles at the camera.

Toddler's Brain Tumor Symptoms Subside Thanks to New Use of Epilepsy Laser Procedure

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Side-by-side CT scans of traumatic brain injuries.

How Serious is Your Brain Injury? New Criteria Will Reveal More

UCSF News
Edward Chang, MD, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery.

UCSF Neurosurgeon Edward Chang Awarded 2025 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for Landmark Discoveries in the Neural Basis of Human Speech

Edward F. Chang, MD, professor and Joan and Sanford Weill Chair of Neurological Surgery at UC San Francisco, has been awarded the 2025 Gruber Neuroscience Prize for his seminal contributions to understanding how the human brain enables speech.
UCSF neurosurgery chair Edward Chang, MD.

Edward Chang, MD, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Edward Chang, MD, professor and chair of Neurological Surgery at UC San Francisco (UCSF), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors bestowed on American scientists.

An AI-enhanced treatment has reduced Parkinson’s symptoms for some people

The Washington Post

Brain implant translates thoughts to speech in an instant

Nature News

A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

The Associated Press

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

UC Berkeley Engineering