Denver DBS Center

07/12/2022

Denver DBS Center is helping more patients experience the life-changing benefits of deep brain stimulation by offering remote DBS programming, which eliminates the need to travel back to Denver for routine programming. Read about this new technology in our blog.

Remote DBS programming via telehealth eliminates the need for monthly trips back to urban centers for DBS patients.

06/23/2022

Remote programming by the Denver DBS Center is making it easier for patients from across the country to come here for surgery by eliminating the multiple trips back to Denver for ongoing programming. KETV in Omaha recently told the story of a Nebraska woman with essential tremor who is benefitting from this new technology.

DBS is treating diseases like Parkinson's and Essential Tremor.

06/08/2022

Excited to have FOX21 in Colorado Springs air a story about the new remote programming we offer for patients who are treated with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's, essential tremor, dystonia, or epilepsy. Remote programming helps bring this effective treatment to more patients--especially those in rural areas--because it eliminates the need to come to Denver for programming which can be needed as often as every three months. Watch the story here:

DENVER — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been known to help patients with certain diseases such as Parkinson’s, essential tremor and dystonia by slowing down or modulating cells that o…

04/28/2020

Patients with Parkinson’s disease do much better with earlier surgery, new research finds. Patients should consider Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation as early as four years after symptoms start. Dr. David VanSickle, with NeurosurgeryOne’s Denver DBS Center, talks about the latest research about DBS in this video.

Advancements in deep brain stimulation is making the surgery easier and more precise for patients with Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and epilepsy. D...

11/24/2019

NeurosurgeryOne welcomes Dr. Angela Bohnen, neurosurgeon, to our Littleton and Lone Tree clinics. Dr. Bohnen, an expert in treating brain tumors and spinal disorders, has a passion for medical missions abroad. Get to know Dr. Bohnen in this blog announcement.

NeurosurgeryOne welcomes Angela M. Bohnen, MD, a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors with awake craniotomy.

11/12/2019

Four years after having Deep Brain Stimulation surgery to control the tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease, Dennis Lodwick of Steamboat Springs is still in his woodshop creating beautiful pieces from beetle-kill pine. David VanSickle, MD, with NeurosurgeryOne performed Mr. Lodwick’s surgery. Read the story in the Steamboat Pilot & Today.

NORTH ROUTT — Dennis Lodwick reaches up for his air compressor, turns it on himself and blasts a fountain of sawdust off his clothing. The master carpenter has just finished another day in his North...

09/10/2019

Dr. John Hudson of Neurosurgery One was named a 2019 Top Doctor by 5280 magazine. He is one of only four neurosurgeons named. Learn more about Dr. Hudson.

Dr. John Hudson of Neurosurgery One was named a 2019 Top Doctor by 5280 magazine. He is one of only four neurosurgeons named. Learn more about Dr. Hudson.

09/04/2019

Dr. David VanSickle with neurosurgery one advances Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation with advanced technology.

Dr. David VanSickle helped pioneer the development of Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation using robotic guidance. He is now the first in the world to use even more advanced CT imaging during DBS surgery.

09/11/2018

Earlier DBS is better...

Usually, the first Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptom that causes people to seek medical attention is resting tremor. Three out of four people in the early Parkinson’s stages experience it. Done without conscious control or choice, a resting tremor is an involuntary, rhythmic muscle contraction th...

08/22/2018

Given to me by one of my patents who previously had essential tremor. After DBS, she has no tremor!

07/19/2018

Having DBS sooner is often better

Tremor progression may be slowed when deep brain stimulation is used in early Parkinson disease.