School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine
Dr. Casey appointed co-chair of Trigeminal Neuralgia Association
Oct 4, 2007
The WSU Department of Neurological Surgery recently announced that Dr. Kenneth Casey, associate professor and chief of neurotrauma at Detroit Receiving Hospital, recently was appointed co-chairman of the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association. Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is a chronic facial pain condition that is probably caused by a blood vessel pressing on the trigeminal nerve in the brain as it exits the brainstem.