EVENTS
Location: Medical University of South Carolina, 68 President Street, Bioengineering Building, Room 112, Charleston, SC 29403
Time: 5:00 p.m. Patient to patient discussion group
6:00 p.m. Break
6:30 p.m. Lecture
Expert Speaker: Dr. Nathan C. Rowland, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Marino Family Endowed Chair of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, Executive Director, MUSC Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (MIND)
Patient Speaker: Emily Yousefzadeh
Topic: Measuring What Matters: Linking Symptoms, Imaging, and Patient Experience in Chiari and Syringomyelia Care
Dr. Nathan Rowland received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Emory University. He completed his internship in general surgery and residency in neurological surgery at University of California, San Francisco. He pursued additional fellowship training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. His clinical interests include Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, as well as psychiatric disorders such as treatment resistant depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anorexia. Additionally, he is interested in degenerative spinal disorders, neuro-trauma, and neuro-oncology.
Dr. Rowland has a strong research interest in brain circuit disorders amenable to deep brain stimulation and other advanced neuromodulation techniques. In addition to his Ph.D. training, he has experience in conducting translational research projects focused on patients with movement and psychiatric disorders.
