Focused Ultrasound Foundation

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

Register Today: Webinar on the Origins, Challenges, and Clinical Promise of Focused Ultrasound

Join us Tues, June 9, at 11 am ET, for a fascinating look at the history and evolution of focused ultrasound therapy with Gail ter Haar, DSc, and David Cranston, DPhil, FRCS.
Learn about the early scientific discoveries, clinical challenges, and key breakthroughs that shaped focused ultrasound into a noninvasive therapeutic approach with broad clinical potential.

Register for this virtual event: https://bit.ly/4tOCerI

05/22/2026

Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering (BME) researchers found that focused ultrasound does not directly activate the brain, it gently primes it. When paired with mild electrical stimulation, it produces clear and targeted effects, pointing to a promising new approach for noninvasive brain stimulation.

https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2026/03/10-focused-ultrasound-research.html

05/22/2026

MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an incisionless treatment for essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease that can significantly reduce tremor symptoms.

MRgFUS uses focused ultrasound waves to precisely target areas of the brain involved with tremor and/or motor symptom activity, without the need for incisions or general anesthesia.

Want to learn more? Take our brief quiz to connect with an Insightec team member and discover educational resources on MRgFUS and movement disorder care.

Take our quiz: https://hubs.ly/Q04gYV6Z0

05/22/2026

Looking for a non-invasive solution for tremors? 🧠✨

Join us for an exclusive live webinar featuring world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Aizik L. Wolf, as he discusses the life-changing benefits of Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease.

Discover how this innovative, incision-free technology is helping patients regain control and improve their quality of life—virtually from anywhere.

📅 When: Monday, June 8th, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM ET
📍 Where: Online (Live Webinar)

Don't miss the chance to learn from a leader in neurosurgery and get your questions answered.

05/22/2026

In November 2025, I had the privilege of joining more than 50 global experts in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a first-of-its-kind workshop hosted by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation in partnership with CURE Epilepsy. Our shared goal was both ambitious and urgent: to evaluate how focused ultrasou...

05/22/2026

Behind every life-changing moment is a team that makes it possible. 💛

This is Bobby with Dr. Casey Halpern, the physician who performed his MR-guided focused ultrasound—a moment that didn’t just change Bobby’s symptoms, but helped shape the mission behind Be Still Foundation.

What started as a treatment became something so much bigger: a purpose to make this life-changing option accessible to others who are still searching for relief.

We’re incredibly grateful for doctors like Dr. Halpern, who are not only advancing medicine, but giving patients their lives back.

05/22/2026

In this month’s blog, Laura Lubbers, PhD, chief scientific officer at CURE Epilepsy, explores the growing potential of focused ultrasound as a noninvasive approach for epilepsy treatment and what it could mean for the millions of people worldwide living with the condition.

She also reflects on a recent first-of-its-kind workshop hosted by the Foundation and CURE Epilepsy that brought together global experts to discuss promising advances in neuromodulation, key scientific challenges, and the collaboration needed to move this emerging field forward.

Read the full blog: https://ow.ly/Mb2150Z2QtJ

05/21/2026

Register for the next ISTU webinar, "Single-Pulse MHz-Range Focused Ultrasound Neurostimulation,” featuring W. Apoutou N’Djin, PhD, a research associate at LabTAU.

This free event will be held live on May 28th and 29th at various local times.
For more information and to register: https://istu.org/istu-live-webinar-series/

05/20/2026

The Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new global organization, the International Focused Ultrasound Society (IFUS), to bring focused ultrasound into mainstream medicine. IFUS will build upon and expand the Foundation’s clinical implementation activities to accelerate the adoption of focused ultrasound worldwide.

“Focused ultrasound has reached a tipping point in clinical adoption, and its role as a game-changing element in the therapeutic armamentarium is now recognized,” said Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD. “IFUS will help formalize the framework needed for widespread adoption.”

Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD will serve as the inaugural IFUS board chair.

Sign up for an IFUS membership: https://bit.ly/4dmJB4F

Learn more about IFUS: https://ow.ly/g7ks50Z2b6K