Ask the Doctor

Jason P. Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Gamma Knife Center, will provide general education information in response to questions regarding Gamma Knife radiosurgery.  Questions and answers will be posted on this web site and available for public viewing.  Generally, questions will be responded to within 48 hours.

This University of Virginia web site for Gamma Knife services offers general medical information only, which is intended for public education not as medical advice to any specific person.  Information provided is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment by your own physician.  Any medical questions or concerns you have should be addressed to your treating physician.  If you have symptoms of an urgent nature, you should call your doctor or go to the nearest emergency room immediately.
Please note that your questions will be posted publicly on this page, using the name you use when posing your question.  No encryption is used to secure questions and answers when sent.  Thus, neither the information provided or sent is intended to be confidential.  Please include only information you are willing to have posted publicly on this site.  Again, this site is intended to be for general public education.
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