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My name is Nicklesh Thakur.
I'm a movement specialist neurologist.
And I've been with Sutter Medical Group for
the past six years.
I chose medicine in college.
I was a science major and took a neuroscience course.
And I became absolutely fascinated by the brain and
all the tracks and how it controlled the body.
And it was almost like a detective work when you're
trying to figure out what's going on with the patient.
And that problem solving, and that detail-oriented practice
of medicine really attracted me to field of neurology.
I chose to practice here in northern California, not only
because I have a lot of family here, but I was also very
attracted to the Sutter Neuroscience group.
We have very large multi-specialty neuroscience
neurosurgical institution here that covers every disorder.
And so having colleagues right next door to help with all of
our patients was exactly the type of practice
I was looking for.
The other thing that enhances our group is that we have a
great electronic medical system where we can all review
the medical records at ease.
And our patients can often email us or review
the records at home.
Movement disorders is definitely an ever-changing
field, and right now most of the focus is on deep brain
stimulation, where they're putting electrodes within the
brain to stimulate the areas that involve with Parkinson's
disease, essential tremors, and dystonia.
With these electrodes, we're able to program these patients
to improve their symptoms and reduce their medications.
And so the research is really advancing.
We're getting new devices that are more functional--
allows patients actually to have abilities to change their
stimulation settings at home.
And so it's giving the patients more power to control
their symptoms.
So definitely, the surgical therapies are assisting with
the advancement of movement disorders.
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