Committee Chair

Rees Cosgrove, M.D. // Director of Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgery; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Cosgrove is an internationally acclaimed expert in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery with over 30 years of experience in the field. He specializes in the surgical treatment of epilepsy and has performed over 1,200 operations for patients with intractable seizures. He also specializes in the surgical treatment of Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders. He has performed over 600 operations in patients with intractable movement disorders including thalamotomy, pallidotomy, deep brain stimulation, and other neuromodulation procedures. Dr. Cosgrove was an early adopter of MRgFUS, and he has performed over 400 procedures and has been involved in many of the early clinical trials. He is a past president of the American Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery and is an executive member of the World Society of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery.

Dr. Ponce is the chief of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and the program director of the neurosurgery residency program. He specializes in the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders using modalities such as deep brain stimulation and focused ultrasound.

Francisco A. Ponce, M.D. // Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery; Barrow Neurological Institute

Dr. Ponce is the chief of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and the program director of the neurosurgery residency program. He specializes in the neurosurgical treatment of movement disorders using modalities such as deep brain stimulation and focused ultrasound.

Ahmed Raslan, M.D. // Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs,
Chief of the Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurological Surgery; Oregon Health & Science University

Dr. Raslan specializes in brain and spinal cord cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy, focused ultrasound, neuro-oncology, neuroscience, Parkinson’s, and movement disorders. He also treats patients who have chronic pain, such as facial and spinal pain, and pain from cancer.

Some of the surgeries he performs include brain mapping and awake craniotomy for epilepsy and brain tumors, focused ultrasound for essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease, and deep brain stimulation for epilepsy and movement disorders. Dr. Raslan completed his residency at Oregon Health & Science University and continued with his fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. He went on to have an additional fellowship in Neurological Surgery at the University of British Columbia.

Daniel Roque, M.D. // Director of Movement Disorders Neuromodulation Program; University of North Carolina

Dr. Roque is a board-certified neurologist and movement disorders specialist with specific expertise diagnosing and treating multiple tremor syndromes. His clinical and research focus is on the improvement of tremors through both traditional and innovative methods, seeking out quality-of-life initiatives for patients with movement disorders. He serves on multiple regional and national forums aimed at improving outcomes for tremor management.

Justin Martello, M.D. // Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Director & Focused Ultrasound Director; ChristianaCare Neurology Specialists

Dr. Martello is a movement disorders trained neurologist from University of Maryland and currently is the Movement Disorders and Focused Ultrasound Director at ChristianaCare in Delaware. He has recently started performing MR-guided focused ultrasound for tremors with the new Exablate Prime system. He has published in the Parkinson’s disease guidelines and quality measures space, and is active in the American Academy of Neurology working committees.

Lubdha Shah, M.D. // Professor of Neuroradiology;
University of Utah Hospital

Dr. Shah has expertise in advanced brain and spine imaging, particularly functional MRI and diffusion imaging. She collaborates with neurosurgery in the MR-guided focused ultrasound clinical treatments and research. The University of Utah focused ultrasound program has been successfully treating patients since February 2019 and is close to completing 200 cases.

Jody Tanabe, M.D. // Professor and Chief of Neuroradiology;
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical

Dr. Tanabe specializes in advanced imaging and neuromodulation for neuropsychiatric disorders and movement disorders. She is a founding member of the Colorado Neuromodulation of Addiction (CONA) Lab at University of Colorado. She is president-elect of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology and serves on the ASNR Study Group for Transcranial Focused Ultrasound.