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Incisionless brain surgery

Incisionless brain surgery

April 16, 2026

OHSU is the only center in Oregon and recently became the first in the world to provide an enhanced version of high-frequency ultrasound technology to patients suffering from debilitating involuntary tremor. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Surgery with no cutting

Surgery with no cutting

April 16, 2026

Ahmed Raslan, M.D., looks over a high-frequency ultrasound image. Neurosurgeons at Oregon Health & Science University examine real-time magnetic resonance imaging during a case involving the use of high-frequency focused ultrasound. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Carolina Palacios de Ramirez

Carolina Palacios de Ramirez

April 16, 2026

Carolina Palacios de Ramirez, left, with her daughter Carolina Sandoval, is able to move better and smile again following a procedure at OHSU on Aug. 27 that marked the first clinical use of incisionless surgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the United States. (Courtesy of Carolina Sandoval) 

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