Brain Surgery Gives ‘New Life’ to Anorexia Patient

Kim Rollins, 36, spent two decades starving herself. The Kitchener, Ont. native described it as her “worst nightmare.” In 2011, after being unable to complete yet another treatment program, Kim heard about a study involving anorexia patients. It was unlike any treatment she’d ever heard of before. It involved brain surgery—and she signed up immediately. The study, led by Dr. Andres Lozano at UHN’s Krembil Neuroscience Centre at Toronto Western Hospital, involved a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).