Focused ultrasound for essential tremor – Wellness University webinar
May 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
Please join Dr. Justin D. Hilliard, a UF Health neurosurgeon, for a webinar discussing an incisionless, outpatient treatment for patients diagnosed with a movement disorder known as essential tremor. If you or someone you know has essential tremor, register to learn more about focused ultrasound and how it can help.
Focused ultrasound, or FUS, is an FDA-approved, incisionless treatment option performed on an outpatient basis for patients with essential tremor. During the procedure, ultrasound waves are directed through the skull to target a region of the brain called the thalamus. The thalamus is a center within the brain that processes motor information. For those with essential tremor, the thalamus is receiving poor quality information from other regions of the brain, resulting in tremor. Focused ultrasound creates an ablation within the thalamus, disrupting the abnormal flow of information, and thereby significantly reducing tremor. Patients experience instantaneous relief and return home the same day of the procedure.
Register to receive the Zoom webinar link.
Registration link: https://ufl.zoom.us/…/5017435…/WN_7537biUTS0qS2Z8HhoKDDw
