Lorraine I chose my neurosurgeon on basis of who was best and closest and it happened to be Scripps Clinic, La Jolla. I really liked Dr. Waltz, but he was 73 at the time, Head of Neurosurgery, don't know if he was the best and I didn't ask him how many DBSs he had done, like you're supposed to, figured my only other choice was Iocono in Riverside who had been "fired" by Loma Linda. My programmer. upon hearing of my upcoming move to AZ and proximity to the Barrow Neuological Institute said, "they are better than us", my neurologist, Dr. Hauser recommended Dr. Mark Stacey here, but he has gone to Duke U, so I'll be seeing someone else. Guess it depends on who is the best you can get to. I had my F-Dopa PET scan done at my alma mater UCLA, but UCLA was very hard to get to from Murrieta, Scripps altho 76 miles was easier. Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn