Associate Professor of Neurosurgery,
Baylor College of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Neurosurgery,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
As a physician who is fellowship trained in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, my clinical practice focuses on deep brain stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, cancer pain, and chronic pain. My research interests include local field potential analysis to optimize deep brain stimulator implantation, and determining the spinal mechanisms which underlie pain transmission.
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Select Publications
- Viswanathan, A., Harsh, V., Pereira, E. A., & Aziz, T. Z. (2013). Cingulotomy for medically refractory cancer pain. Neurosurgical focus, 35(3), E1.
- Viswanathan, A., Phan, P. C., & Burton, A. W. (2010). Use of spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of phantom limb pain: case series and review of the literature. Pain Practice, 10(5), 479-484.
- Viswanathan, A., Jimenez-Shahed, J., Carvallo, J. F. B., & Jankovic, J. (2012). Deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome: target selection. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, 90(4), 213-224.
- Cleary, D. R., Raslan, A. M., Rubin, J. E., Bahgat, D., Viswanathan, A., Heinricher, M. M., & Burchiel, K. J. (2012). Deep brain stimulation entrains local neuronal firing in human globus pallidus internus. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109(4), 978-987.
- Reddy, G. D., & Viswanathan, A. (2014). Trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Neurologic clinics, 32(2), 539-552.