Positions

Assistant Professor

Neurosurgery
Cerebrovascular / Endovascular
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor St. Luke's Woodlands Campus (Clinic)

17350 St. Luke's Way
Suite 310
The Woodlands, TX 77384
United States
(936) 266-2458

BCM Neuroinnovation Lab (Lab)

One Baylor Plaza
Suite T145
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 798-5455
NEI-Labs@bcm.edu
https://www.bcm.edu/research/services/neurosurgical-education-innovations-lab

Education

MD from Medical College of Georgia

05/2006 - Augusta, Georgia United States

Residency at University of Miami

06/2014 - Miami, Florida United States

Fellowship at University of Miami

06/2012 - Miami, Florida United States

Endovascular Neurosurgery

Fellowship at Stanford University

06/2015 - Palo Alto, California United States

Cerebrovascular and Microsurgery

Certifications

Texas Medical License

Texas Medical Board

Neurosurgery Board Certified

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Honors & Awards

President of the Young Neurosurgeons Committee

Chair of the Young Neurosurgeons Committee for the AANS.

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) (04/2019 - 04/2021)

SANS Resident Challenge - Winner

Congress of Neurological Surgery (10/2012)

Teacher of the Year Award

University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery

Rosomoff Research Award

University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery

American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award

American Medical Association

Patient Choice Award

Patient's Choice Award for Excellence in Aneurysm And Brain AVM care.

Joe Niekro Foundation (04/2019)

Professional Interests

• Brain Aneurysms
• Moyamoya Disease
• Carotid Endarterectomy
• Dural Arterial Venous Fistulas (DAVFs) of the Brain and Spine
• Bioinnovation and Medical Technology Development
• Cavernous Malformations
• Brain AVM - Arteriovenous Malformations
• Carotid Stenting
• Cerebral External to Internal Carotid BypassBypass
• Endovascular Neurosurgery
• Briain Microsurgery

Professional Statement

I work to provide the highest quality patient centered neurosurgical care as well as advance the field via cerebrovascular research, technology development and neurological education.

Selected Publications

• "Clinical Outcomes of Transplanted Modified Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Stroke: A Phase 1/2a Study." Stroke. 2016 July ; 47 (7): 1817-24. Pubmed PMID: 27256670
• "Does the ranking of surgeons in a publicly available online platform correlate with objective outcomes?." J Neurosurg. 2016 November ; 11 : 1-7. Pubmed PMID: 27834595
• "Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review." World Neurosurg. 2018 February ; 122 : 613-619. Pubmed PMID: 30481628
• "Two-year safety and clinical outcomes in chronic ischemic stroke patients after implantation of modified bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SB623): a phase 1/2a study." J Neurosurg. 2018 November ; 1 : 1-11. Pubmed PMID: 30497166

Memberships

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Member (07/2006)

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Member (07/2006)

Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons

Member

Funding

Preliminary Study of Super-selective Intra-arterial Infusion of Human Houston, TX Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Loaded with a Tumor-Selective Oncolytic Adenovirus in a Rabbit Human GBM Model

(09/01/2018 Grant funding from MacDonald Research Fund

Co-investigator

Brain Cancer SPORE Grant

(09/01/2017 Grant funding from NIH

Preliminary Study of Super-selective Intra-arterial Infusion of Human Houston, TX Co-Investigator Mesenchymal Stem Cell-based Therapy in a Rabbit Human GBM Model

Skills

Brain Aneurysm Treatment

Performs all types therapies for the treatment of brain aneurysms.

Arteriovenous Malformation Treatment

Carotid Artery Stenosis Treatment

Spinal Vascular Malformation Treatment

Cerebral Bypass

Moyamoya Disease Treatment

Experienced in the full range of diagnostic and treatment modalities for Moyamoya disease patients.