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Gallery: Alexa I. Canady

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A woman’s portrait wearing glasses and a red jacket with a white shirt.
Surgeon in scrubs, mask, gloves and cap seated at an operating table.
Two people sit while one in scrubs holds up a child.
Illustration of a medical device
Colored crayon drawing of a doctor helping her child patient in a hospital room

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Illustration of a medical device

A programmable antisiphon shunt to treat hydrocephalus

Dr. Canady’s research led to the invention of a programmable antisiphon shunt to treat hydrocephalus, an abnormal accumulation of fluid inside the brain, for which she shares a U.S. patent with two fellow neurosurgeons.


Courtesy U.S. Patent Office