Overview
Nisha Gadgil is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gadgil is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Hypothalamic Hamartomas, Spasticity, Meningocele, Rhizotomy, and Thrombectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 55 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 Epilepsy.
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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.
UT Physicians
Nitin Tandon is a Neurosurgery provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Tandon is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Seizures, Glioblastoma, Awake Craniotomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Tandon is currently accepting new 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 the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.
Saeed Kahkeshani is a Pediatrics specialist and a Neurologist in Baytown, Texas. Dr. Kahkeshani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Memory Loss, Seizures, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). Dr. Kahkeshani is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
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- Distinguished
- Hypothalamic HamartomasDr. Gadgil isDistinguished. Learn about Hypothalamic Hamartomas.
- Advanced
- Brain AbscessDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain TumorDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Chiari MalformationDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Chiari Malformation.
- Cortical DysplasiaDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Cortical Dysplasia.
- EpilepsyDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- HydrocephalusDr. Gadgil isAdvanced. Learn about Hydrocephalus.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Achalasia Microcephaly SyndromeDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Brain HerniationDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Brain Herniation.
- Brain Stem CancerDr. Gadgil isExperienced. Learn about Brain Stem Cancer.
