Casey H. Halpern, MD, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and completed an internship in surgery, a residency in neurosurgery, and a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
Board certified in neurological surgery, Dr. Halpern sees patients at Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Medicine Cherry Hill.