Fedor Panov MD, PhD
Acute limbic lobe changes
with loving kindness meditation
Abstract:
Meditation practices have been around for over 7000 years and its benefits have been validated by Western medicine over the past 50 years. Yet, a broad utilization of meditation is difficult in Western society due to lack of perceived immediate benefit. Our research focuses on patients with implanted closed loop brain devices that allow for continuing brain activity recordings. Such patients underwent loving kindness meditation at our center with clear and immediate brain changes. Such information may help wider adaptability of this ancient practice by patient/general population to improve their pain and to better deal with past trauma.
Biography:
Fedor E. Panov, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of epilepsy and movement disorders. He serves as Director of the Adult Epilepsy Surgery Program at Mount Sinai Health System and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Panov practices general brain and spine surgery, epilepsy surgery, Deep Brain Stimulation as well as Focused Ultrasound and other neuromodulation procedures at several Mount Sinai locations in New York City and Brooklyn, including the Center for Neuromodulation and Epilepsy Center at Mount Sinai West. As a leader in advanced neurosurgical treatments, Dr. Panov utilizes state-of-the-art technology to provide individualized care for patients with medically refractory seizures and movement disorders. He specializes in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS), the gold standard treatments for disabling motor symptoms and drug-resistant epilepsy, as well as MR Guided Focused Ultrasound/High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), an incisionless treatment for essential tremor or tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease patients who have not responded to medication. Committed to both clinical excellence and academic advancement, Dr. Panov has published over 50 manuscripts in leading neurosurgical journals, including PNAS, Neurosurgery, Neurotherapeutics, Interventional Neuroradiology, and the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.