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Emory Brain Health Center

Emory Healthcare is the largest health care system in the state of Georgia. The brain is the center of all your thoughts, behavior and movement.

We are a multidisciplinary academic medical organization comprised of six hospitals, the Emory Clinic and more than 200 provider locations. That’s why your brain health is critical to your quality of life. Emory Brain Health Center is transforming patient-centered care for brain and spinal cord conditions through research and discovery. Unlike any other healthcare system in the country, Emory Heal

thcare combines neurology, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, neurosurgery, rehabilitation medicine, and sleep medicine to offer complete, coordinated care for disorders of the brain.

07/27/2026

July is Postpartum Changes Awareness month. It's a time to raise awareness of the physical and emotional changes many women experience after giving birth.

According to Emory University School of Medicine, postpartum depression affects about one in seven women after childbirth.

July is Postpartum Changes Awareness month. It's a time to raise awareness of the physical and emotional changes many women experience after giving birth.

07/23/2026

If physical decline is the most visible marker of aging, cognitive change may be the one people fear most. Emory professor of neurology Dr. James Lah spends much of his time helping patients distinguish between what is normal and what is not.

The goal is no longer just longevity, but the ability to thrive through the years we gain. Here’s how Emory researchers are moving that goal forward.

07/21/2026

There is a growing effort that treats Alzheimer’s as an electrical problem in the brain, not just a molecular one.

At Emory and Georgia Tech, Annabelle Singer is running a parallel line of research using something that looks like ski goggles paired with headphones. Patients see flickering lights faster than a standard strobe and hear rapid clicking tones.

“We don’t know that we can reverse the memory impairment that’s already there.”

07/15/2026

There are approximately 13 million people suffering with PTSD in the U.S. — and up to half of them do not experience meaningful symptom relief from existing treatments, such as talk therapy and medications. One potential treatment led by Emory clinical neuroscientist Dr. Sanne van Rooij has shown promising results.

A treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain has shown positive results for treating PTSD

07/13/2026

An Emory neurosurgery team led by Dr. Daniel Refai has completed what is believed to be the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), a minimally invasive procedure used to treat certain conditions affecting the lower spine.

An Emory Healthcare neurosurgery team completed what is believed to be the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic spine fusion, advancing a minimally invasive approach to lower spine surgery.

07/10/2026

"If you’ve been through trauma, you may have worse menopause symptoms, and when women who’ve experienced trauma enter into perimenopause, that can exacerbate the symptoms of PTSD and depression,” says Emory associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Dr. Jennifer Stevens.

For some women, perimenopause can trigger PTSD symptoms like flashbacks, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts. Here’s how to manage them.

07/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Guy M. McKhann II for being named chair of the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. McKhann will assume the role Sept. 14, 2026, and will be succeeding Dr. Daniel Barrow, who will retire later this year after leading the department for more than 30 years.

Guy M. McKhann II, MD, has been named chair of Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Neurosurgery, succeeding Daniel Barrow, MD, who will retire after more than 30 years.

07/07/2026

The Addiction Alliance of Georgia is expanding hands-on addiction medicine training for health care students and professionals across the state. The Substance Use Disorder Education Program, a five-day immersive training offered through the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, is designed to improve how substance use disorders are understood, treated and managed in clinical settings.

The Substance Use Disorder Education Program, offered through the Addiction Alliance of Georgia, is designed to improve how substance use disorders are understood, treated and managed in clinical settings.

07/06/2026

If you're a grandparent, there's a particular feeling you might be familiar with. Of enchantment, bewitchment even - when your grandchild is in the room. It turns out that this isn’t just love, though there’s plenty of that. It's actually “Grandma Brain.”

There's a scientific explanation for the feeling you get when you see your grandkids.

07/03/2026

Emory School of Medicine clinical psychologist Dr. Kelsey Sprang Jones, a specialist in perinatal mental health, said maternal trauma can also endanger babies.

“Including preterm birth, small gestational size, low birthweight, stillbirth and longer stays in the hospital and NICUs,” said Sprang Jones.

Risks of pregnancy complications and death are higher for Georgia's women veterans who’ve experienced PTSD from military sexual trauma.

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