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Aviva Abosch, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Department of Neurosurgery
Mayo Mail Code 96
420 Delaware St SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
aabosch@umn.edu Dr. Abosch received her medical degree and Ph.D. in neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her residency at the University of California, San Francisco. Her fellowships were completed in epilepsy surgery from the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and functional neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.
Dr. Abosch directs the Department of Neurosurgery programs in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery focusing on deep brain stimulation for movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease in addition to the surgical treatment of epilepsy. She also is experienced in peripheral nerve surgery.
Dr. Abosch's clinical and research interests include neuroanatomical pathways in depression and movement disorders; functional imaging and diffusion tensor MRI correlates of epilepsy, depression and movement disorders, and responses to deep brain stimulation; and novel applications of deep brain stimulation. Click here to be connected to Dr. Abosch's clinical web page. Memberships and Offices in Professional SocietiesCongress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
● Scientific Program Committee 2008-2009 American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN)
• Board of Directors 2008-2011
• Industry Liaison 2008-2010
• Secretary/Treasurer 2010-2011
• Vice President 2011-2012
● President 2012-2013 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) American Epilepsy Society (AES) Women in Neurosurgery (WINS)
• Secretary-Treasurer 2007-2008
• President-Elect 2008-2009
• President 2009-2010
• Nominating Committee 2011-
• WINS Liaison/CNS Executive Committee 2011-2012
• WINS Liaison/AANS Scientific Committee 2011-2013 Minnesota Neurosurgical Society Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) East Metro Medical Society (EMMS)
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