Wash U professor, St. Louis Children's neurosurgeon Park wins national award
St. Louis Business Journal - by Matt Allen
Dr. T.S. Park, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Shi Hui Huang Professor of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received the highest honor of the Society of Neurological Surgeons, the H. Richard Winn, M.D., Prize, the university announced Thursday.
Park was recognized for both his laboratory and clinical work. In the lab, he uncovered important new insights into how adenosine, a molecule involved in sleep regulation and other processes, regulates blood flow in the newborn brain. He also pioneered the use of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) as a treatment for patients with spastic cerebral palsy, the most common form of cerebral palsy.
Over the past 22 years, Park has performed SDR on more than 1,700 patients from 48 states and 38 countries, more than any other neurosurgeon in the world, according to a release.
The international Winn Prize recognizes a neurosurgeon for outstanding research in the neurosciences that impacts clinical practice.
Washington University School of Medicine's 2,100 employed and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals. Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.
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