Study Confirms Focused Ultrasound Provides Effective, Durable Relief for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
July 15, 2026- Delray Medical Center is celebrating a major milestone in Parkinson’s disease research following the publication of a groundbreaking study in the July 2026 issue of The Lancet Neurology, one of the world’s leading clinical journals in neurology. The study confirms that staged bilateral magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an effective treatment option for appropriately selected patients with Parkinson’s disease, providing substantial and durable relief from debilitating motor symptoms.
The multicenter study, titled Safety and efficacy of staged, bilateral magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound pallidothalamic tractotomy for motor complications of Parkinson’s disease, was co-authored by Delray Medical Center physicians Dr. Arif Dalvi, neurologist and director of the Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center at Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute, and Dr. Lloyd Zucker, neurosurgeon at Brain and Spine Center South Florida…