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Dawn Tilton wrote: > > Is there any type of list that is out there that gives the surgeons in the > United States that perform the dbs, and how many they have performed and > what the success rate is? My husband will be choosing a surgeon in Boston > in June and I would like to be able to go to his neurologist (who heads up > the movement disorder division at Brigham and Womens hospital) prepared with > my own facts and figures. He is going to try and help Craig choose the best > out of apparently two doctors in this area who have performed this surgery > and to-date they have both only conducted 10 surgeries each. > > Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Dawn, you might ask your question of Dr. Lieberman as well as of PIEN, for additional information. He knows, or knows of, many specialists in this area. Go to: http://www.parkinson.org/ click on: -Ask Dr. Lieberman click on: Enter here to submit a question to Dr. Lieberman Best, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Ask the Parkinson Dietitian" http://www.parkinson.org/ Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn