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Advanced in Deep Brain Stimulation

Dr. Derek G. Southwell

Neurosurgery
Duke Health
Duke Health Integrated Practice Inc
2301 Erwin Rd, 
Durham, NC 
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Advanced in Deep Brain Stimulation
Duke Health
Duke Health Integrated Practice Inc
2301 Erwin Rd, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

Derek Southwell is a Neurosurgery provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Southwell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Absence Seizure, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Awake Craniotomy. Dr. Southwell is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 38 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Deep Brain Stimulation.

Specialties
Neurosurgery
Licenses
Neurological Surgery in ID
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Call: 919-684-8111
Other Locations
DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC
40 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710
Call: 919-684-8111
DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE INC
2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Call: 919-684-8111

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

Thalamic Stimulation for Epilepsy Study
Thalamic Stimulation for Epilepsy Study
Enrollment Status: Withdrawn
Publish Date: August 25, 2022
Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Phase: Not Applicable

38 Total Publications

Dissecting mammalian cortical circuit development at single-cell resolution using inducible barcoded rabies virus.
Dissecting mammalian cortical circuit development at single-cell resolution using inducible barcoded rabies virus.
Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Published: November 26, 2025
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Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Dennis A. Turner
Neurosurgery
Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Dennis A. Turner
Neurosurgery

Duke Health Integrated Practice Inc

30 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
 (0.2 miles away)
919-684-8111
Languages Spoken:
English
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Dennis Turner is a Neurosurgery provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Turner is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Vagotomy. Dr. Turner is currently accepting new patients.

Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Vibhor S. Krishna
Neurosurgery
Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Vibhor S. Krishna
Neurosurgery

University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

101 Manning Dr, 
Chapel Hill, NC 
 (9.6 miles away)
984-974-1000
Languages Spoken:
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Vibhor Krishna is a Neurosurgery provider in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Krishna is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Thalamotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Krishna is currently accepting new patients.

Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Shivanand P. Lad
Neurosurgery
Distinguished in Deep Brain Stimulation
Dr. Shivanand P. Lad
Neurosurgery

Duke Health Integrated Practice Inc

2301 Erwin Rd, 
Durham, NC 
 (0.1 miles away)
919-684-8111
Languages Spoken:
English
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Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Shivanand Lad is a Neurosurgery provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Lad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Chronic Pain, Parkinson's Disease, Laminectomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Lad is currently accepting new patients.

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