Gamma Knife Perfexion at Wake Forest Baptist

Stephen Tatter, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon, and Michael Chan, MD, radiation oncologist, co-directors of the Gamma Knife Program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, will use the Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™, the most advanced stereotactic radiosurgery available, to treat a metastatic brain tumor.
Learn more about the GAMMA KNIFE at Wake Forest Baptist: www.wakehealth.edu/Gamma-Knife/.
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[@sosweetsixteen]

I would like to express my appreciation to everyone who took care of me during my stay here at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for my gamma knife perfexion surgery on Sept. 1. I'm feeling so much better now the tumors in my head are gone. God bless all of you :)
♥ Lacie

[@AtriumHealthWakeForestBaptist]

@sosweetsixteen Thanks for the comment, Lacie! Glad you are feeling better!

[@medicalpanorama]

I’d think gamma ray ablation is a better terminology than gamma ray knife since the radiation ‘burns’ the lesions rather than ‘cut’ the lesion. As an example for cardiac ablation, we ‘burn’ the abnormal tissue to fix the cardiac electrical system, not ‘cutting’.

[@anikomazan8871]

Head frame placement looks terrible. No thanks