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Dr. Maxwell Boakye specializes in general neurosurgery, complex spinal neurosurgery, spinal radiosurgery, and minimally invasive spinal surgery, including endoscopic lumbar discectomies. He runs the Department of Neurosurgery Outcomes research program and spinal cord research lab, including the porcine spinal cord injury research program. With many ongoing projects, Dr. Boakye is the lead neurosurgeon for the epidural stimulation research program. These projects include investigations of the physiology and plasticity of the sensorimotor systems following neuromodulatory interventions for spinal cord injury using noninvasive multimodal methodologies, which include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electroencephalography (EEG), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP), and peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) technologies. Projects in the porcine spinal cord injury research program are currently focused on understanding the role of myelotomy as a novel treatment paradigm in improving functional outcomes after acute spinal cord injury. Dr. Boakye is the Principal Site Investigator for several clinical trials studying acute spinal cord injury. He directs the Department of Neurosurgery's participation in the North American Clinical Trials Network for spinal cord injury and the University of Louisville's participation in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons quality outcomes database of spine and brain surgery outcomes.
Affiliation
- Clinical Director, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Director, Department of Neurological Surgery Spine Fellowship
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Endowed Chair, Ole A., Mabel Wise & Wilma Wise Nelson
Director of Quality Improvement, Department of Neurological Surgery
Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
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