University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Neurosurgery

08/04/2026

Lab mates from the Welle Lab traveled to New York City for the NYC Neuromodulation Conference this past weekend.

Cristin Welle, PhD, moderated a session and gave a talk titled “Vagus nerve stimulation drives selective circuit modulation through cholinergic reinforcement.”

Postdoctoral fellows Kim Gagnon, PhD, and Sophie Brown, PhD, graduate student Elise Carter, and master’s student Tia Hutchens presented posters at the conference.

08/03/2026

David Case, MD, has been named the new director of the neuro ICU at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and co-director of the hospital’s stroke program: https://tr.ee/WrGsIU

07/31/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 5280 Magazine Top Doctors:

Samy Youssef, MD, PhD (skull base neurosurgery)
Kevin Lillehei, MD (neuro oncology)
Corbett Wilkinson, MD (pediatric neurosurgery)
Michael Handler, MD (pediatric neurosurgery)

07/29/2026

Tim Ung talks about tumors and answers frequently asked questions from the OR.

07/27/2026

📸 From The Denver Post archives: a young Robert Breeze, MD, at a press conference in 1988 after the first human fetal cell transplant in the U.S. for Parkinson's disease was performed at the University of Colorado Anschutz.

07/23/2026

Congratulations to our recipients of the 2026 Neurosurgery Research Awards:

Innovation Award – Michalina Janiszewska, PhD

“High-throughput screening to disrupt the clonal interactions in GBM”

Early Career Award – Simone Capuani, PhD

“Effects of continuous task-paired taVNS on human motor circuits measured with intracranial recordings.”

07/22/2026

Imagine taking a standardized test assessing your cognitive abilities, memory, and attention. Now imagine completing this evaluation in a foreign language.

This was the reality for many Spanish speakers in Colorado until Michelle Miranda, PhD, developed the first Spanish Neuropsychological Clinic in the state at the University of Colorado Anschutz: https://tr.ee/GdyySX

07/20/2026

Over the weekend neurosurgery faculty participated in the annual Courage Classic bike ride to raise money for Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Photos: Timothy Ung, MD, proud co-captain of team Brainiacs

07/17/2026

Our chair Peter Fecci, MD, PhD, discussed immunotherapy research innovations in glioblastoma on OncLive:

Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD, discusses therapeutic advances and challenges in the management of glioblastoma, and the trajectory of immunotherapy development.

07/15/2026

Today is Glioblastoma Awareness Day. Our researchers and clinicians work hard every day to care for GBM patients and move towards a cure.

Read what some of our faculty members have to say about the brain tumor program at the University of Colorado Anschutz and the unique role they play in the fight against the most aggressive malignant brain tumor.