Vishad Sukul, MD, joined Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center's neurosurgery department, according to timesunion.
Here are five highlights:
1. Dr. Sukul will also serve as an assistant neurosurgery professor at Albany Medical College.
2. He specializes in deep brain stimulation to treat essential tremor, dystonia and Parkinson's disease.
3. Dr. Sukul also performs spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain.
4. A member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Sukul is also affiliated with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, among other societies.
5. He completed his functional neurosurgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.