For Ray, a pipefitter welder, having steady hands is key to his job. His tremors in both hands impacted his ability not only to weld, but to do everyday tasks like writing or doing things with his children. When his tremors worsened and could no longer be controlled by medication, he came to Stanford Health Care and chose to undergo MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment. Watch to hear Ray and his health care team describe how this incisionless procedure that uses ultrasound waves to treat tremors gave him his life back.

Learn more:
Essential Tremor 
MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS)
Dr. Vivek Buch, Neurosurgeon
Dr. Margaret Ferris, Neurologist 
Movement Disorders Center