Dr. Ghanouni’s clinical and research focus is on the development of clinical applications of MR guided focused ultrasound. In 2016, he was named by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation as a co-Director of the Stanford Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence. He has treated over 100 patients with this technology, and uses MRgFUS to treat patients with uterine fibroids, painful bone tumors, soft tissue tumors, and prostate cancer. In collaboration with Drs. Casey Halpern and Jaimie Henderson of Neurosurgery, Dr. Veronica Santini of Neurology, and Dr. Kim Butts Pauly of Radiology, he also uses MRgFUS to treat patients with Essential Tremor.