Michael Park, MD, PhD. – Medical Advisory Board Member is a neurosurgeon, an Assistant Professor, MnDRIVE Neuromodulation Scholar and Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the University of Minnesota. He has extensive experience with neuromodulation — deep brain stimulation. This surgical therapy for brain conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and dystonia modulates brain activity to treat symptoms. He also uses neuromodulation to stimulate the spinal cord and deliver intrathecal drug therapy to treat cancer and chronic pain. In his work with epilepsy specialists, Dr. Park performs procedures such as depth and grid electrode placement to identify abnormal brain areas that may cause epileptic seizures. He helps treat epilepsy patients using treatments that include surgical resection, response neural stimulator (NeuroPace) placement, and vagal nerve stimulation. If patients are unable to have surgery, Dr. Park can treat some of their conditions using Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as well. Dr. Park received dual Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Economics and Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from University of Kansas. He holds an MD and PhD from the School of Medicine and Graduate Studies, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, at the University of Kansas. He was awarded the prestigious William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and completed his fellowship with Dr. Jean Régis at the Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, Assistance Publique L’Hôpital d’Adulte de la Timone in Marseille, France, in 2010. He was an Assistant Professor and the Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Pain in the Department of Neurosurgery at University of Louisville until 2014.