Dr. Honey is Professor and Head of the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto and his doctoral degree from Oxford University as a Canadian Rhodes Scholar. He completed his Royal College training in...
Neurophysiologist (PhD)
Dr. Charles Dong, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Director of the Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring Program at Vancouver General Hospital. He is also a member of the UBC Brain Research Center. His work with...
Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic Nurse (RN)
Mini is an important part of the team responsible for the pre-operative and post-operative management of all the Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) patients. She has an extensive 20-year experience in Neurosciences and has focused mainly on DBS for the last 10...
Neurosurgeon (Clinical Fellow)
Dr. Brie Matthews has joined our team for one year. She plans to return to New Zealand to perform DBS surgery in that...
Research Coordinator
Danielle joined our team in 2021 and will be helping coordinate our research trials. You may get a phone call from her setting up visits with the DBS clinic or with our...
Neurosurgeon (Clinical Fellow)
Dr. Schmidt will be spending a year with us training in functional neurosurgery. She did her neurosurgical training in Austria and plans to return there to join the functional neurosurgery team in...
Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic Nurse (RN)
Jessica joined the DBS team in 2022 and will be seeing patients in the DBS Clinic. She has worked in the epilepsy clinic prior to joining our...
Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic Nurse (RN)
Nancy joined our DBS Clinic in March 2013. She has a background in neuroscience nursing and was a clinical instructor at UBC. She is an important part of the team responsible for the pre-operative and post-operative management of Deep Brain Stimulation...
Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic Nurse (RN)
Natasha is a nurse working in the DBS Clinic. She began training with us in 2016 and you may meet her at some of your DBS Clinic...
Parkinson's Disease
Tremor
Dystonia
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Hemifacial Spasm
Multiple Sclerosis
DBS Clinic
Dental Neuralgia or Anesthesia Dolorosa
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Hemi-Laryngopharyngeal Spasm (HELPS syndrome)
Information for Physicians
International Patients
Post Herpetic Neuralgia (of the face)
Spasmodic Dysphonia
The Tenth Nerve
VANCOUVER syndrome
