Neurosurgery
P.O., Box 208082
New Haven, CT 06520-8082
Tel: 203.785.2805
Fax: 203.785.6916
neurosurgery@yale.edu
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics
Director, Section of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Sections of Epilepsy and Spine
Dr. Kenneth Vives is currently an assistant professor in the Department
of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine. He has held his appointment
since 2001 and was recently appointed the chief of the Section of Functional
and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. He has a full-time clinical practice at
Yale-New Haven Hospital and at the Yale Gamma Knife Center. His areas
of clinical interest are in the treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy,
trigeminal neuralgia and spasticity. Dr. Vives also contributes to the
Section of Spinal Disorders in the treatment primary spinal cord tumors
and spinal degenerative disorders.
Dr. Vives received his bachelor's degree in biochemical engineering from Rutgers
College of Engineering where he graduated summa cum laude and as a member
of Tau Beta Pi. He went on to receive his medical degree from Yale University
School of Medicine as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He did both his
internship and residency at Yale following this and finished training in 2001
at which time he was appointed faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Dr. Vives research interests lie in his major areas of clinical focus. He is
a major contributor to a translational research grant focused on the treatment
of Parkinson Disease through the use of viral vectors encoding the protein for
glial derived neurotrophic factor. This work is ongoing and seeks to measure
functional outcome in MPTP-treated non human primates with a secondary goal of
developing an effective and safe regulatable promoter system for this expression.
This grant is intended to transition to a phase I clinical trial. He also contributes
to a project funded by one of the relatively new NINDS grant funding mechanisms
- the Bioengineering Research Partnership. This grant seeks to development new
methods for imaging and intraoperative navigation for the treatment of epilepsy
and partners academia with the company BrainLab. Through the Epilepsy Surgery
Program, he continues to participate in a clinical trial of an implantable device
designed to detect focal seizure activity and treat this activity through the
use of electrical stimulation. He, along with other Yale investigators, is also
in the process of seeking an FDA IDE for the use of deep brain stimulation for
the treatment of Tourette Syndrome.
| Undergraduate | B.S. Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers College of
Engineering, May 1990. Salutatorian, Summa Cum Laude, Tau Beta Pi. |
| Medical School | M.D. Yale University School of Medicine, 1995. Summa Cum Laude, Alpha Omega Alpha. |
| Residency | Yale New Haven Hospital Neurosurgery Program 1996-2001. Completed Chief Residency June 30, 2001. |
| Board Certification |
Seat verified for Oral Boards from ABNS for November, 2007. |
Parkinson Disease; viral vector therapy; epilepsy; electrophysiology; neuroimaging; integrated brain networks.
Internal and Mailing Contact |
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| Campus Address | 333 Cedar Street TMP 406 New Haven, CT 06510 |
| US Mailing Address | Yale University School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery PO BOX 208082 New Haven, CT 06520 |
| kenneth.vives@yale.edu | |
| Office Phone | (203) 785-2808 |
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