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YouTube Instagram Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Newsflash: The 2023 Year In Review Report is Now Available Hot Topics Watch Now: Focused Ultrasound and Women’s Health Webinar Watch Now: Congressional Briefing on Focused Ultrasound Read the 2023 Year In Review Report Watch Now: Sonodynamic Therapy for Brain Tumors Webinar Watch Now: Focused Ultrasound and Breast Cancer Webinar State of the Field Report 2023 is Now Available Watch Now: Parkinson’s Disease Webinar Symposium 2022 Proceedings Now Available News Ultrasound technology is used in many ways. Addiction is the next frontier Dr. Neal Kassell, founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, was quoted in an … Read More First Participant Receives Sonodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma in New Clinical Trial A new clinical trial is investigating sonodynamic therapy for patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Read More The Focused Ultrasound Foundation Launches New Podcast, Curing with Sound Charlottesville, VA, March 14, 2024—The Focused Ultrasound Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of … Read More See all newsSee the latest Focused Ultrasound Foundation NewsletterEvents & Webinars Society for Thermal Medicine (STM) Annual Meeting 2024 05-12-2024 12:00 am Acoustical Society of America (ASA) – 186th Meeting 2024 05-13-2024 12:00 am The 6th International Summit of Minimally Invasive and Noninvasive Medicine 2024 05-29-2024 12:00 am Brainbox Workshop: Introduction to Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation 2024 07-02-2024 12:00 am iTRUSST – Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Symposium (FUN) 2024 07-11-2024 12:00 am See all eventsGlobal Reach Two new foundations are advancing focused ultrasound in Europe and Asia. UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation Focused Ultrasound Hong Kong Foundation Media Coverage Major news outlet stories on focused ultrasound. See all media coverageWhat is Focused Ultrasound? Like a magnifying glass focusing beams of light on a single point, focused ultrasound concentrates ultrasound energy on a target in the body without harming healthy surrounding tissue. Read More What can focused ultrasound treat? Focused ultrasound is being researched for over 170 diseases worldwide. While most are in the early stages, commercial treatment is now available in the US for essential tremor , Parkinson’s disease , liver tumors , uterine fibroids , bone metastases , osteoid osteoma , and the prostate , and others are being treated elsewhere. Read More Blog The White House Announces Support for Women’s Health Research Written by Jessica Foley, PhD – Published: May 8, 2024 From Preprint to Patient Care: Accelerating Focused Ultrasound Treatments with the FocUS Archive Written by Tanner Riley – Published: April 24, 2024 Revolutionizing Alzheimer’s Treatment: Updates on the Breakthrough Role of Focused Ultrasound Written by Suzanne LeBlang, MD – Published: April 10, 2024 Industry Spotlight: Takeaways from J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2024 Written by Patrick Edelmann – Published: February 7, 2024 Patient Stories Prostate Cancer Ken Dr. Ken Dychtwald, a psychologist and gerontologist, shares how he was blindsided by his prostate cancer diagnosis and why he chose focused ultrasound. Read More Essential Tremor Tom Tom Ryder underwent focused ultrasound for his essential tremor in 2021. After a successful treatment, he became a Foundation donor and joined the Board of Directors. Read More Pancreatic Cancer Gabsoo Gabsoo was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at age 68 and participated in a focused ultrasound clinical trial at Seoul National University Hospital. Read More Breast Cancer Kristina Kristina was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, at the age of 38. She is enrolled in an ongoing focused ultrasound clinical trial. Read More Parkinson’s Disease John John’s tremors caused by his Parkinson’s had significantly diminished his quality of life. Watch behind-the-scenes footage from his ‘miracle’ focused ultrasound treatment. Read More Essential Tremor Paul Paul sold his airplane after deciding to seek treatment for his essential tremor and traveled 400 miles to have focused ultrasound at the University of Utah. Read More Parkinson’s Disease Chuck Chuck’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms disrupted his personal and professional life until he participated in a focused ultrasound clinical trial. Read More Prostate Cancer Michael After a decade of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer, Michael was urged to undergo radical prostatectomy but chose focused ultrasound. Read More Bilateral Essential Tremor Tom Tom participated in a clinical trial for bilateral focused ultrasound treatment. Tom and his brother Phil talk about their experience with focused ultrasound. Read More Parkinson’s Disease Steve Steve was treated with focused ultrasound six years ago as part of a clinical trial. He shares an update on how he’s doing now, and why he recalls that day as "life-changing." Read More Neuropathic Pain Terri A focus ultrasound trial at the University of Maryland relieved Terri’s neuropathic pain. Read More Glioblastoma Barbara Barbara was the first patient treated in a focused ultrasound clinical trial at the University of Virginia. Read More Parkinson’s Disease Rich Rich Nagy had focused ultrasound for his Parkinson’s disease in 2020 and has since resumed his hobbies, including playing the violin and boxing. Read More Essential Tremor Dan & Perry Perry Payne Millner tirelessly advocated for her father, Dan Payne, to ensure that his private insurance would pay for focused ultrasound treatment of his essential tremor. Read More Desmoid Tumor Harrison A benign tumor forced Harrison to give up his favorite sport, but focused ultrasound treatment and a passionate doctor led the teen to great personal growth. Read More Essential Tremor Beverly A nurse practitioner, Beverly researched treatments, learned about focused ultrasound, and traveled 1,000 miles for the therapy. Read More Parkinson’s Disease Ron Ron was the second patient treated at The Ohio State University in a clinical trial investigating focused ultrasound for Parkinson’s dyskinesia. Read More Essential Tremor Bob Bob is a man of many talents, but essential tremor sidelined him from his hobbies. That is, until his ‘life-changing’ focused ultrasound treatment. Read More Essential Tremor Sivi Sivi Krishnan traveled internationally to receive focused ultrasound treatment for his essential tremor in 2013. Read More OCD Jeffrey In 2017, Jeffrey was the first person in North America to participate in a clinical trial of focused ultrasound to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Read More Prostate Cancer Victor NASA safety engineer, Victor Murray, took a pragmatic approach to his prostate cancer diagnosis and found focused ultrasound therapy to be the...