Pioneers in Functional Neurosurgery
The neurosurgery team at Baylor Medicine has long been a pioneer in functional neurosurgery, using targeted therapies to improve quality of life. Functional neurosurgery can be used to treat Parkinson's disease, tremors, dystonia, pain, epilepsy and some psychiatric conditions.
For Movement Disorders
Baylor is a national leader in deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical procedure used to treat a variety of movement disorders. Dr. Viswanathan was the first surgeon in Texas to perform image-guided DBS, and “asleep” DBS. Our mission is to provide advanced state-of-the-art neurosurgical treatment for patients with disabling neurological movement disorders including:
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Essential Tremor
- Epilepsy
- Dystonia
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
- Pain Including Trigeminal Neuralgia
Treatments
- Deep brain stimulation
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- Microvascular decompression
- Outpatient trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain) treatment
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Intrathecal drug delivery
Meet Our Team
Sameer Sheth, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Sheth specializes in the treatment of patients with movement disorders, epilepsy, brain tumors, tremor and psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. He has extensive experience in neurosurgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation (DBS), epilepsy surgery, and brain tumor resection.
Ashwin Viswanathan, M.D.
Dr. Viswanathan is one of the few neurosurgeons in the nation with special expertise to treat cancer pain and also specializes in deep brain stimulation. He has a vast experience with complex surgeries for uncontrollable pain, including minimally invasive cordotomy surgery.
Ashwin Viswanathan, M.D.
Dr. Viswanathan, neurosurgeon, specializes in deep brain stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, cancer pain, and chronic pain.
