Overview
Nisha Giridharan is a Neurosurgery provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Giridharan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. Her top areas of expertise are Hemangiopericytoma, Seizures, Epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Stent Placement.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 24 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 14 articles in the study of Deep Brain Stimulation.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
BCM Neurosurgery
Sameer Sheth, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon in Houston, Texas. After completing his bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy at Harvard University, Dr. Sheth earned both his medical degree and PhD from the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Sheth then completed his residency and Fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. As a clinician, Dr. Sheth treats patients with disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He uses a combination of time-tested techniques and new minimally invasive approaches, including deep brain stimulation (DBS), laser therapy, robot-guided surgery, radiosurgery, and other neurosurgical procedures. As a researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, he develops novel therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders and studies the neurophysiological basis of how the human brain makes complex decisions. Recently, Dr. Sheth and his collaborators received an $8.5 million NIH grant to better understand the neurocircuitry of depression. Their study will look at possible causes for treatment-resistant depression and how physicians could use deep brain stimulation to treat this devastating illness. Conditions treated include Deep Brain stimulation for movement disorders and Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Dr. Sheth is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.
Baylor College Of Medicine - Neurosurgery
Dr. Viswanathan is fellowship trained in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and his clinical practice focuses on deep brain stimulation, trigeminal neuralgia, cancer pain, and chronic pain. Conditions treated include Deep Brain Stimulation for movement disorders, Neurosurgery for pain, and stereotactic surgery. Dr. Viswanathan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Cordotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
Tmh Physician Associates PLLC
Amir Faraji is a Neurosurgery provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Faraji is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Deep Brain Stimulation. His top areas of expertise are Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction, Essential Tremor, Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Nerve Decompression. Dr. Faraji is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Deep Brain StimulationDr. Giridharan isAdvanced. Learn about Deep Brain Stimulation.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Aplasia Cutis CongenitaDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Aplasia Cutis Congenita.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Cerebral Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Clouston SyndromeDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Clouston Syndrome.
- Cortical DysplasiaDr. Giridharan isExperienced. Learn about Cortical Dysplasia.

