2025 Impact Report

Your Support Shapes the Future of Neuroscience

Explore the breakthroughs, stories, and people behind our fiscal year 2025 impact.

Thank You For Your Generosity

Letter from the President

Dear Friends,

In fiscal year 2025, your generosity helped raise over $28 million, fueling research, education, and care that changed lives across the globe. From record-breaking events to pioneering treatments and global partnerships, this year’s impact is a testament to what we can achieve together.

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Michele S. Gregory, MS

President of Barrow Neurological Foundation
Chief Philanthropy Officer for Barrow Neurological Institute

Your Impact

Michael T. Lawton, MD
Barrow President and CEO

Join us in celebrating a year of powerful progress across neuroscience care, research, education, and global impact. Through bold innovation and donor support, Barrow Neurological Foundation continues to fuel the life-saving mission of Barrow Neurological Institute.

Michael T. Lawton, MD, President and CEO of Barrow Neurological Institite

By the Numbers

A Year of Remarkable Progress

Total Raised
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$23,005,000

Transfers to Barrow Neurological Institute

Research

  • 76.9%
  • $17,670,618

Education

  • 10%
  • $2,306,000

Patient Care

  • 9%
  • $2,081,595

Equipment &
Improvements

  • 4.1%
  • $946,583

164,982

Patient visits

75,218

patients treated

6,614

surgeries performed

225

open clinical trials

473

peer-reviewed articles published

33

neurology residents & Fellows

34

neurosurgery residents & Fellows

#18

Newsweek's america's best neurological hospitals

#15

Newsweek's world's best specialized neurological hospitals

Activating a Community to Advance Research

Celebrating 60 Years of Support

The Women’s Board of Barrow Neurological Foundation celebrated 60 years of supporting groundbreaking research by raising a record-breaking $14.4 million through its annual Barrow Grand Ball.

Teeing Off "Fore" Innovation

Barrow Neurological Foundation hosted the inaugural Barrow Open golf tournament, raising $1 million to establish a first-of-its-kind research lab, the Barrow Sports Biomechanics Spine Laboratory.

Improving Care Through Innovation

Pioneering Neuromodulation Treatment

The Center for Neuromodulation at Barrow is a national leader in deep brain stimulation (DBS) and was the first medical facility in Arizona to treat essential tremor with focused ultrasound.

Redefining Early Diagnosis with AI

Barrow is pioneering early Alzheimer’s disease detection through Project Pegasus, utilizing AI-powered cognitive testing in primary care clinics. This innovation helps identify symptoms earlier, providing patients with faster access to life-changing treatments and clinical trials.

Advancing Neuroscience Education
Through Inspiration to Empowerment

Inspiring the Next Generation

The Barrow High School and Undergraduate Internship Programs offer hands-on, career-shaping experiences for students from around the world — educating the next generation of neuroscience leaders.

Empowering A Population

Through the Barrow Global Train Forward model, Barrow specialists are increasing access to advanced neuroscience care in the developing world by training physicians, researchers, nurses, and medical professionals at their site of origin.

Your Impact in
Fiscal Year 2025

See how you advanced opportunities and strengthened pathways across communities last fiscal year.