Casey H. Halpern, MD, is chief of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Penn Medicine. Dr. Halpern earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and subsequently completed his internship in surgery, residency in neurosurgery, and fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently, Dr. Halpern practiced at Stanford University Medical Center as an associate professor of neurosurgery and Director of Epilepsy Surgery.
Dr. Halpern’s clinical practice focuses on stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including the surgical treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, and dystonia. He has a particular focus on early onset Parkinson’s disease using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Focused Ultrasound for tremor.
Dr. Halpern also leads a translational neuromodulation laboratory aimed to expand the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery to obesity, obsessive compulsive disorder, addiction, depression, and other psychiatric conditions.
Locations
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
801 Spruce Street
Spruce Building, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Penn Neurology Pennsylvania Hospital
330 South 9th Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Penn Neurosurgery Cherry Hill
Penn Medicine Cherry Hill
1865 Route 70 East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Penn Neurosurgery Princeton
Medical Arts Pavilion
5 Plainsboro Rd, Suite 300
Plainsboro, NJ 08536