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The Most Experienced Neurosurgery Team in Southern California

When you come to the UCLA Neuromodulation for Movement Disorders and Pain Program for treatment, we deliver more than surgical services. Our multidisciplinary approach means we are dedicated to helping patients through every stage of their treatment: from pre-operative counseling to help you choose the best surgical option to long-term medical management to make sure you continue to enjoy optimal results. We regularly see patients with movement disorders, chronic pain conditions and psychiatric disorders. Our neurosurgeons work closely with a world-renown team of neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, anesthesiologists, and pain management specialists to ensure personalized, compassionate care for every patient.

Our expert neurosurgery team is specialized in:

  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
  • Microvascular Decompression
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
  • Motor Cortex Stimulation
  • MR guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS)
  • Peripheral Nerve and Field Stimulation
  • Radiosurgery using Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery System
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation

Neurosurgery

Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD  
Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD 
Professor
(310) 825-5111

Voted Super Doctor
Dr. Nader Pouratian specializes in surgeries to restore and preserve brain function, including deep brain stimulation for movement disorders (and other emerging indications) and surgeries that require brain mapping. In addition, he treats peripheral nerve and brachial plexus injuries and tumors. His research focuses on developing novel interventions and technologies for neurological restoration.  More >

 

Ausaf Bari, MD, PhD  
Ausaf Bari, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Ausaf Bari specializes in the neurosurgical repair and restoration of brain and nerve function. He has extensive clinical and research experience in the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of both movement and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Bari's clinical practice includes DBS surgery for Parkinson's disease, tremor, dystonia, depression and OCD. Dr. Bari's research focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to studying the neurobiology underlying movement and psychiatric disorders and expanding the frontiers of neurosurgery to treat those disorders.  More >

Movement Disorders Neurology

Yvette Bordelon, MD, PhD  
Yvette Bordelon, MD, PhD
Associate Professor  
(310) 825-6908

Voted Super Doctor
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Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD  
Jeff Bronstein, MD, PhD
Professor  
(310) 206-9799
Voted Super Doctor
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Adrienne Keener, MD  
Adrienne Keener, MD
Assistant Professor  
(310) 794-1195
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Susan Y Bookhemier, PhD  
Susan Y Bookhemier, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
(310) 794-6386

Psychiatry

Alexander Bystritsky, MD, PhD  
Alexander Bystritsky, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
(310) 206-5133 

Voted Best Doctor
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Radiation Oncology

Tania Kaprealian, MD  
Tania Kaprealian, MD
Department of Radiation Oncology
(310) 825-9775


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