Dr. Park is the Neurosurgery Department's residency program director, helping train the next generation of neurosurgical leaders. He is also director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
From a research standpoint, Dr. Park focuses primarily on neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation) and he is a collaborator, Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator in numerous active, ongoing projects in that area. In addition, he is a Clinical Core Co-Investigator for the U of M's Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research.
Listed as first author for 7 of the 25 articles he's had published in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Park is also first author of three book chapters. He has spoken to numerous national and international audiences and is currently working closely with Seoul National University in Korea to revitalize a long-term collaborative relationship the department has had with that organization.
Dr. Park received his MD and PhD from the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Kansas (KU) in Kansas City, KS, and received a Bachelors in Biology from KU in Lawrence, KS, and dual Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Economics from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. He was a 2009 recipient of the William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship and studied at the Assistance Publique L'Hopital d'Adulte de la Timone, Marseille, France.
Education
- Residency in Neurological Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- The William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, Assistance Publique L’Hôpital d’Adulte de la Timone,, Marseille, France
- Residency in Neurological Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- PhD, University of Kansas Graduate Studies
Major: Molecular and Integrative Physiology
- MD, University of Kansas School of Medicine
- BA, University of Kansas
Major: Biology
- BA, Cornell University
Major: Economics
- BS, Cornell University
Major: Electrical Engineering
Licensures and Certifications
- Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery – Board Certified,
- Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
Professional Memberships
- International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
- Council of State Neurosurgical Society
- Minnesota Neurosurgical Society
- American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Kentucky Medical Association
- Greater Louisville Medical Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Medical Association
- Society for Neuroscience
Specialty
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
