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

Reno toddler thriving after groundbreaking laser brain surgery

By KOLO Reno on June 25, 2025

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

May 30, 2025

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

May 20, 2025

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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

May 14, 2025

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

May 08, 2025

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.