Dr. Nicholas L. Bormann, MD, is a psychiatrist in Rochester, Minnesota, and is affiliated with Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea and Austin. He received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. He has psychiatry certification with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Bormann is a member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Psychological Association. His special research interests include dual diagnosis, substance use disorders, and withdrawal management.
Dr. Hojin Shin, is an associate professor of neurosurgery and an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. His research focuses on advancing neurochemical recording techniques to measure neurotransmitters in the brain, with a particular emphasis on serotonin. Dr. Shin’s work aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying the development of various diseases and their treatments. This includes movement disorders, psychological conditions, and substance use disorders. By integrating neurotransmitter recordings as biomarkers with various physiological measurements, Dr. Shin seeks to deepen the understanding of brain function and improve therapeutic strategies. He received a Joint NIDA-NIAAA Early Career Investigator Showcase (ECIS) Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in 2023.
Dr. Kendall H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is a neurosurgeon specializing in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. He is also the director of Neural Engineering laboratories at Mayo Clinic. His clinical focus includes Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression, and chronic pain. His clinical activities include the Mayo Clinic Deep Brain Stimulation Program as
well as cortical stimulation. Dr. Lee directs the Mayo Neural Engineering laboratories where he studies the mechanisms of action of deep brain stimulation as well as other neuromodulation technologies. His research is being funded through the National Institutes of Health as well as foundation grants. He has full teaching privileges within the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and has trained undergraduates, master's students, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
