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    Erika A. Petersen, MD (she/her/hers)

    Professor
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, United States

    Dr. Petersen directs the Section of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at UAMS Medical Center. She joined the faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2010 and obtained board certification through ABNS in 2014. She is the first female full professor in the state of Arkansas, Vice-Chair for Education, and program director for the neurosurgery residency.

    Dr. Petersen completed her undergraduate education at Princeton University, received her medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and trained in neurosurgery at the University of Texas Southwestern with a fellowship in deep brain stimulation at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Dr. Petersen has served on the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain and the CNS Scientific Programming Committee and is President of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience. She is Assistant Editor of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery for Operative Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery, Section Head Editor for Journal of Pain Research, and a member of the editorial board of Neuromodulation. Dr. Petersen maintains a robust research program focused on innovative indications for neuromodulation and has published over 70 journal articles and numerous chapters related to stereotactic and functional neurosurgery.

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