Functional neurosurgery focuses on the surgical destruction or chronic excitation of a part of the brain as treatment of a physiological or psychological disorder. Examples of conditions treated by functional neurosurgery are pain, movement disorders (Parkinson's disease and tremor), psychiatric conditions and pain.
Our neurosurgeons specialize in functional neurosurgery and treat diseases including:
Department of Neurosurgery Phone: 504-988-5565 Email: rmjenkins@tulane.edu