Neurosurgery Attending Physician
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dr. Joshua M. Rosenow, MD, FAANS, FACS is the Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, as well as at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He specializes in the surgical treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, tremor, and dystonia, as well as the surgical treatment of epilepsy and chronic pain
Dr. Rosenow graduated from Yale University School of Medicine, completed neurosurgical training at New York Medical College and a fellowship in stereotactic, functional, restorative neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was awarded the 2003 Ronald Tasker award for pain research by the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain. He was one of the members of the team that developed frameless deep brain stimulation surgery. In addition, he was one of the founding members of the Functional Neurosurgery Working Group of the Parkinson’s Study Group.
He is a past Chair of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain, as well as a past member of the Executive Council of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Board of Directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is currently Past Chair of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies and was elected President of the Illinois State Neurosurgical Society. He is an elected fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a frequent lecturer and instructor at national and international neurosurgical meetings. He is the Co-Chair of the Northwestern Neurology and Neurosurgery Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Dr. Rosenow serves as a delegate to the AMA House of Delegates from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He also provides counsel to organized Neurosurgery delegations to the AMA CPT panel and RUC meetings for functional neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery matters and is one of 6 national appointees on the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. He works with Neurosurgery’s Washington staff and regionally with insurers to advocate for policies to expand and maintain access to advanced neurosurgical therapies. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Advocacy and Policy Committee.
Dr. Rosenow currently conducts research into the areas of stereotactic and image guided surgery, neurostimulation for the enhancement of neurologic recovery after brain injury and stroke, imaging biomarkers in pain, socioeconomic factors in neurosurgery and neuromodulation, opioid policy, exploration of brain function using implanted electrodes, brain-machine interface and new devices for the treatment of neurologic disorders. He has been site PI for numerous national clinical trials of novel therapies such as new implantable devices, gene therapy and stem cell products for the treatment of neurologic diseases.
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Saturday, May 4, 2024
4:28 PM – 4:30 PM CT