Istvan Takacs, MD
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
takacsi@musc.edu
843.792.5650
Education
MD, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Residency, Neurosurgery, Karolinska Hospital/University of Linkoping, Stockhol,
Sweden
Fellowship, 1994, Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,
Sweden
Fellowship, 1995, Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Toronto Hospital for
Sick
Children
Fellowship, 2001, Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, University
of Arizona
Clinical Expertise
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery
Movement
disorders
Parkinson's disease
Essential tremor
Epilepsy
Neurosurgical pain management
He has broad experience in Gamma-knife and LINAC radiosurgery, frameless neuronavigation systems and the surgical treatment of movement and pain disorders. While doing his fellowship in stereotactic and functional surgery at the University of Arizona, Dr. Takacs built one of the top five programs in the country for the implantation of stimulators for the treatment of movement disorders.
Research Expertise
Dr. Takacs is providing research collaboration
for a current NIH Grant for functional imaging in patients with deep brain
stimulators and he collaborating with the Department of Neurology to develop
a Movement Disorders Program with a surgical component. In addition, he is
pursuing research collaborations with the Department of Physiology for the
treatment of disorders such as Parkinson's disease. His local teaching efforts
involve
both teaching residents (Neurological Surgery) and medical students.