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Nitin Tandon, MD, Neurosurgery, Houston, TX, Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center

NitinTandonMD

Neurosurgery Houston, TX

Brain & Spinal Tumor, Epilepsy Surgery, Pituitary Surgery, Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery

Professor and Chairman ad interim, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston

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Summary

  • I am a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurological Surgery at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and the Chief of the Epilepsy Surgery Program at the Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (TCEP), a collaborative program between UT Health and Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Institute at the Texas Medical Center. I have special interest and expertise in the safe resection and laser ablation of tumors and seizure foci from eloquent foci like the hippocampus, language cortex and deep brain structures using microsurgical techniques. Increasingly we are also developing and applying innovative new technologies for the neuromodulation of epilepsy.

    In addition, I direct the Neuroimaging & Electrophysiology Lab for McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. We use direct electro-physiologic brain recordings and stimulation to understand how the human brain makes language, memory and exercises self-control. Some of this research work has percolated into clinical application, enabling safer surgeries and improve cognitive outcomes.

    A longer-term vision of the lab and of the Texas Institute of Restorative Neurotechnologies which I co-direct, is the restoration of brain function, particularly the augmentation of cognition using innovative neural engineering and computational neuroscience approaches. We are supported in this work by the NIH, the University of Texas and our grateful patients.
  • Texas man plays piano during brain surgery in Houston

    Mapping music and language during an awake craniotomy to enable complete resection of a tumor in the dominant temporal lobe

    Help with Tonic-Clonic Seizures: Alejandra Gaehd | UTHealth Neurosciences

    Epilepsy affects 60 million individuals worldwide, one-third of which are medically uncontrollable. Here is a success story of one young mother who beat it.

    Surgery frees Houston man suffering from seizures

    Imagine going about your life one minute and then losing all control in the next minute. It's the reality for the more than three million Americans the Centers

    Brain cancer patient living longer with electrical device that he'll wear the re

    One brain cancer patient was not expected to live to see this Christmas, or last Christmas, or even the one before that but his survival is inspiring doctors to

    ACORDEONISTA DE GRUPO SÓLIDO LIBRE DE CÁNCER

    Grupo Solido accordionist Eligio Salinas Jr gave an update on his health after having brain tumor surgery in Houston. He is cancer free. We talked to Eligio and

    Living with glioblastoma: Houston nurse vows to make the most of the time left

    Ben Andrews was lying inside an MRI machine Thursday morning, eyes closed, praying this wouldn't be the day the tumor finally came roaring back. On his way to h

    Something to Talk About - TMC News

    A new grant study aims to explore how words are formed after stroke-related speech impairment The ROSA robotic device enables Nitin Tandon, M.D., to pinpoint wh

    Chef finds the good life again

    In his late 20s and an immigrant from Ecuador, Guerrero and his cooking talent had led him to be the personal chef of Rockets' star Tracy McGrady. Doctors at Me

    ROSA offers hope to epilepsy patients - TMC News

    Using an advanced robotic service, doctors at Memorial Hermann are able to perform minimally invasive surgery to cure patients with severe epilepsy Thanks to th

    The Rocket Scientist Meets the Brain Surgeon

    For 33-year-old physicist William Hartman, undergoing any type of brain surgery to treat his epilepsy - even the minimally invasive kind - commanded a giant lea

    Scientists improve human self-control through electrical brain stimulation

    Brain Researchers Uncover Secrets of Memory

    Much research on the human brain is focused on understanding how people form memories, store them and retrieve them. Now, a study by scientists at the Universit

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Education & Training

  • University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1997 - 2003
  • University of Washington
    University of WashingtonResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1995 - 1997
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and ScienceInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
  • ArMed Forces Medical College Pune
    ArMed Forces Medical College PuneClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2006 - 2024
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2004 - 2007
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2004 - 2006
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 1995 - 1997
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Teacher Award 2015
  • Best Doctors in Houston Houstonia Award, 2013-2016
  • America’s Top Surgeons 2011-2013
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Lexical Semantic Hub for Heteromodal Naming in Middle Fusiform Gyrus  
    Nitin Tandon, Christopher Richard Conner, Brain
  • A meta-analysis of the complications of SDE placement  
    Tandon N, Esquenazi YE, Epilepsia, 1/1/2014
  • Stereotactic laser ablation of epileptogenic periventricular nodular heterotopia  
    Esquenazi YE, Kalamangalam GP, Slater JD, Knowlton RC, Friedman E, Aaron-Morris S, Shetty A, Gowda A, Tandon N, Epilepsy Research, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

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Lectures

  • Surgical Aspects and Electrode Visualization in SEEG 
    Orlando, FL - 1/1/2016
  • Windows On The Mind: Insights into human cognition from intracranial recordings 
    1/20/2015
  • Minimizing Complications in Epilepsy Surgery: Patient specific strategies and practice changes 
    1/5/2015
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Press Mentions

  • Medical Bulletin 19/April/2023
    Medical Bulletin 19/April/2023April 19th, 2023
  • Doctors Gave a Houston Man 2 Months to Live with a Deadly Brain Cancer. That Was 6 Years Ago
    Doctors Gave a Houston Man 2 Months to Live with a Deadly Brain Cancer. That Was 6 Years AgoAugust 29th, 2022
  • Advanced Surgical Options for Epilepsy and Seizures
    Advanced Surgical Options for Epilepsy and SeizuresNovember 9th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Hindi, Urdu

Hospital Affiliations