{"id":248720,"date":"2026-07-21T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=248720&preview=true&preview_id=248720"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:17:54","slug":"healthy-rounds-the-brain-and-spine-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/07\/healthy-rounds-the-brain-and-spine-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Healthy Rounds\u2019: The Brain and Spine Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Anthony Alessi\u2019s \u201cHealthy Rounds\u201d radio program is now a UConn Health podcast<\/a>. (Tina Encarnacion\/ UConn Health photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Neurosurgery is a relatively young discipline in medicine, one that began with a focus on survival. Today the focus goes beyond survival to restoring personalities, memories, limb function, even the ability to walk.\u00a0Dr. Ketan Bulsara<\/a><\/strong>, chair of UConn Health\u2019s Department of Neurosurgery, joins\u00a0Dr. Anthony Alessi<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to discuss restorative neurosurgery, as well as UConn Health\u2019s elite position when it comes to identifying and treating complex brain tumors, and how UConn is now attracting, training, and producing the next generation of talented neurosurgeons.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve really moved into an age where we\u2019re focused on restorative neurosurgery, restorative for the brain, restorative for the spine.
\n<\/span> — Dr. Ketan Bulsara<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Listen now:<\/h3>\n