Neurosurgeon to Discuss the Neural Code of Speech
Dr. Edward Chang, a professor of neurological surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Weill Institute for Neurosciences, will deliver an NIH Director’s Lecture on Wednesday, March 19, at 2 p.m., ET, at the Bldg. 10 Lipsett Amphitheater.
Chang is a neurosurgeon who treats adults with difficult-to-control epilepsy, brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and movement disorders. He specializes in advanced brain mapping methods to preserve crucial areas for speech and motor functions in the brain. He also has extensive experience with implantable devices that stimulate specific nerves to relieve seizure, movement, pain and other disorders.
For his talk, part of the Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, Chang will describe critical advances over the last decade in deciphering the cortical signals that underlie our ability to hear and speak words.
For those unable to attend in person, the event will be hosted on NIH videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55027.