Dr. Ali Rezai, among the country's top functional neurosurgeons and a giant in the DBS field, is leaving the Cleveland Clinic for Ohio State University. Rezai brings a towering reputation and a substantial amount of research funding; he will receives four job titles and a reported $600,000 salary when the move is solemnized at the end of the month.
We will all benefit from this deal if it allows Dr. Rezai to better disseminate his knowledge to colleagues and the broader community. Researcher/clinicians such as Dr. Rezai are pushing the application for DBS technology beyond motion disorders into such areas as epilepsy, obesity, Tourette's (technically a motion disorder). Some potential applications I hadn't heard of: cluster headaches, chronic pain, and addiction.
