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On April 8, staff celebrated the completion of the 1,000th neurosurgery procedure performed in the Brigham’s Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) suite.

Spanning 5,700 square feet, the AMIGO suite consists of three interconnected rooms — an operating room, an MRI room and a PET/CT room — so that multidisciplinary teams can move effortlessly throughout to access any of the advanced imaging and surgical technologies available. The Brigham is also home to the National Center for Image-Guided Therapy, which is the National Institutes of Health’s central resource for all aspects of research into image-guided procedures.

Brigham patient Alan Herscott had the distinction of being the 1,000th neurosurgery patient to receive care in the suite. Herscott underwent deep brain stimulation treatment, led by Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCSC, FACS, for Parkinson’s disease.

“This milestone, achieved in April, which is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, underscores our relentless dedication to advancing Parkinson’s care and research,” said neurosurgeon Alexandra Golby, MD, co-director of AMIGO and director of Image-Guided Neurosurgery. “Here’s to many more strides forward.”

With its opening in 2011, the AMIGO suite became the first operating suite in the world to house a complete array of advanced imaging equipment and interventional surgical systems, along with advanced navigational technologies for use during procedures, enabling less-invasive, more-effective therapies. Clinicians use the AMIGO suite to perform surgeries and procedures in several areas, including Neurosurgery, Interventional Radiology, Endocrine Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology.