Washington Brain & Spine Institute

08/15/2025

Dr. Levine at WBSI, the only neurosurgeon in the metropolitan DC area providing MRI guided Focused Ultrasound for tremor and PD, completed his 100th procedure this past week. WBSI provides comprehensive and compassionate neuroscience care for our community. We are constantly innovating and leading our peers in our area. We do this for our patients, its our mission!

10/09/2024

Dr. Levine interviewed on Good Morning Washington - about HIFU - WBSI is the only practice offering this ground breaking treatment in our region! Contact WBSI - to get more information
301-718-9611 or
https://www.brainsurgery.com/mr-guided-focused-ultrasound

11/22/2022

We are the only practice offering this new, incision-less, outpatient procedure to treat tremor in the metropolitan DC area!

10/26/2022

WBSI has made Top Docs Again!
We want to thank our medical community for recognizing us and the care we give your patients!

Our practice provides neurosurgical expertise in a variety of areas of neurological surgery.

05/02/2022

Understand the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

04/29/2022

In a new, rare study of direct brain recordings in children and adolescents, a Northwestern Medicine scientist and colleagues from Wayne State University have discovered as brains mature, the precise ways by which two key memory regions in the brain communicate make us better at forming lasting memories.

In a new, rare study of direct brain recordings in children and adolescents, a Northwestern Medicine scientist and colleagues from Wayne State University have discovered as brains mature, the precise ways by which two key memory regions in the brain communicate make us better at forming lasting memo...

04/25/2022

Proteins belonging to the TAM family receptors may be a new biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease. The elevated inflammatory markers are conspicuous, even before the onset of dementia.

Proteins belonging to the TAM family receptors may be a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease. The elevated inflammatory markers are conspicuous, even before the onset of dementia.

04/21/2022

Learning new motor skills is a critical aspect of our lives. From playing the piano to riding a bike, it would be difficult to imagine life without it. But how does the brain do it? A new study published on February 9, 2022, in the scientific journal Science Advances sheds light on a newly discovered brain circuit that may endow us with this remarkable ability.

Learning new motor skills is a critical aspect of our lives. From playing the piano to riding a bike, it would be difficult to imagine life without it. But how does the brain do it? A new study published on February 9, 2022, in the scientific journal Science Advances sheds light on a newly discovere

04/15/2022

Learn more about Spinal Cord Stimulation.

04/12/2022

For young adults (aged 35 years or younger), the incidence of ischemic stroke is higher among women than men, according to a review published in the February issue of Stroke.

For young adults (aged 35 years or younger), the incidence of ischemic stroke is higher among women than men.

04/04/2022

A study of monozygotic twins allowed researchers to discover which parts of immune dysfunction in multiple sclerosis were influenced by genetics, and which were influenced by environmental factors.

03/30/2022

Heart disease that causes brain dysfunction can lead to the development of Alzheimer’s disease and triples the amount of amyloid-beta in the brain.

Heart disease that causes brain dysfunction can lead to the development of Alzheimer's disease and triples the amount of amyloid-beta in the brain.