DavidIsaacSatzerMD

Epilepsy Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Assistant Professor

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I am a neurosurgeon-scientist at the University of Chicago. I specialize in the surgical management of conditions including epilepsy and movement disorders. My research is focused on local field potentials in epilepsy.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusFellowship, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, 2023 - 2024
University of ChicagoResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2016 - 2023
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2016

Fellow of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2024
American Epilepsy Society Fellow American Epilepsy Society, 2023
Cover artist (vol. 144) Clinical Neurophysiology, 2022
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Resident Clinical Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2021
Cover artist (vol. 135 issue 6) Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021
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PubMed

A Roadmap for Implanting Electrode Arrays to Evoke Tactile Sensations Through Intracortical Stimulation.
John E Downey, Hunter R Schone, Stephen T Foldes, Charles Greenspon, Fang Liu
Human Brain Mapping. 2024-12-15
3 citations
Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex.
Charles M Greenspon, Giacomo Valle, Natalya D Shelchkova, Taylor G Hobbs, Ceci Verbaarschot
Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2024-12-06
Neurophysiologic Characteristics of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus during Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Epilepsy.
Megan V Ryan, David Satzer, Steven G Ojemann, Daniel R Kramer, John A Thompson
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2024-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

Brain-Computer Interface Research
Chapter: May the force be with you: biomimetic grasp force decoding for brain controlled bionic hands
Page 109 - 121Okorokova EV, Sobinov AR, Downey JE, ... Satzer D et al.Editors: Guger C, Allison B, Rutkowski TM, Korostenskaja M.Springer, Cham, Switzerland2024
Subcortical Neurosurgery: Open and Parafascicular Channel-Based Approaches for Subcortical and Intraventricular Lesions
Chapter: Trans-sulcal, channel-based parafascicular surgery: basic concepts and a general overview
Page 113 - 120Polster SP, Satzer D, Bailes JEditors: Zada G, Pradilla G, Day JD.Springer, New York, NY2022