Department of Surgery

Division of Neurosurgery

Functional Neurosurgery Program

Clinical Academic Building
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 235-7756

Program Description:

The Functional Neurosurgery Program serves patients with Parkinson's disease and other stereotactic movement disorders who have dyskinesias or tremors not controlled or aggravated by medication. A radiofrequency lesion or high-frequency permanent electrode is placed in the globus pallidus or thalamus to inhibit abnormal circuits and improve the quality of movement.

Director:

Participating RWJUMG Physicians & Professionals:

You can find us on the web ...
http://rwjsurgery.umdnj.edu

 

 

 

Shabbar Danish, MD


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Degree:  

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 2001

Internship:  

General Surgery, University Of Pennsylvania, 2002

Residency:  

Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania,

Fellowship:  

Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2006


Sun H. Lee, MD, PhD


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Phone:  

732-235-7757

Fax:  

732-235-7095

Email:  

leesh@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Clinical Academic Building - Suite 4100
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Complex brain tumor, microvascular surgery, spinal disorder, cerebrovascular disease

Specialty:  

Neurological Surgery - American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2001

Degree:  

Seoul National University College of Medicine, 1979

Internship:  

Surgical, Pennsylvania Hospital, 1995

Residency:  

Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1998

Fellowship:  

Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, 1998


Richard M. Lehman, MD, FACS


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Phone:  

732-235-7757

Fax:  

732-235-7095

Email:  

lehmanrm@umdnj.edu

Address:  

Clinical Academic Building - Suite 4100
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977

Interests:  

Epilepsy, Parkinson Disease, Stereotactic Surgery, Complex Spinal Surgery

Specialty:  

Neurological Surgery - American Board of Neurological Surgery, 1969

Degree:  

Temple University Medical School, 1962

Internship:  

Surgery, Bellevue Hospital, 1963

Residency:  

Neurosurgery, Temple University Hospital, 1967

Fellowship:  

Epilepsy/Sterotactic Radiosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, 1991