Description

Guest Speaker Lecture Series

Date: March 23, 2023

Time: 2 pm – 3 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

The topic of discussion: 

Analyzing Brain Networks in their Clinical Neuromodulation Implications

Dirk De Ridder, MD, Ph.D., is a professor of Neurosurgery at the Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago in New Zealand. His main interest is the understanding and treatment of phantom perceptions (sound, pain), especially by use of functional imaging navigated non-invasive (TMS, tDCS, tACS, tRNS, LORETA neurofeedback) and invasive (implants) neuromodulation techniques.

His main interest is to understand commonalities in different diseases such as thalamocortical dysrhythmias (pain, tinnitus, Parkinson’s disease, depression, slow-wave epilepsy) and Reward deficiency syndromes (addiction, OCD, Personality disorders, …)

A third pillar of his research relates to the neurobiological underpinnings of the ‘self” and ‘other’ in the brain, as it relates to social interactions, philosophy, and religion.

He has developed “burst” and “noise” stimulation as novel stimulation designs for implants and is working on other stimulation designs.

He has published 37 book chapters, co-edited the Textbook of Tinnitus, and has authored or co-authored 270 articles. He is a reviewer for 85 scientific journals.