Dr. Neil Puri is at the forefront of combating treatment-resistant depression, spearheading new ways to use brain stimulation treatment to offer relief to patients. Building off recent advancements in transcranial magnetic stimulation, Dr. Puri’s team is using focused bursts of electromagnetism to rewire individual neural pathways in the brain. Dr. Puri explains how this tailored approach allows for treatment plans unique to the patient and has resulted in unprecedented levels of success with patients for whom traditional depression treatment plans have not been effective.
This episode of Menninger Clinic’s Mind Dive Podcast features one of our own, Dr. Puri, an accomplished psychiatrist and director of Menninger’s Center for Brain Stimulation joining hosts Dr. Kerry Horrell and Dr. Bob Boland for a behind the scenes look at fMRI-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation and how it can be a game changer for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Dr. Puri is the medical director for both the Adult Division and the Center for Brain Stimulation at the Menninger Clinic and is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board certified in psychiatry and earned his medical degree and undergraduate degree at Northwestern University.
“Our conventional treatments only go so far, only about two-thirds of individuals will achieve relief,” said Dr. Puri. “We need cutting edge treatments to disrupt the treatment field of depression so we can find new ways to treat those one-third of people who are unable to benefit from traditional treatment.”
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