Ashwin Viswanathan

Ashwin Viswanathan is a Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Director of Functional Neurosurgery. He serves as Medical Director in Neurosurgery at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and leads the Neuromodulation Lab, focusing on deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, and cancer pain management.

• Positions: Professor, Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Director, Neurosurgery Service Chief
• Education: MD from Baylor College of Medicine, General Surgery Residency and Neurosurgery Fellowship at Baylor

Research Interests span functional neurosurgery approaches for pain disorders, Parkinson's disease motor phenotypes, and spinal mechanisms of pain. His lab investigates:

• Optimizing DBS through local field potential analysis
• Spinothalamic tract somatotopy for cordotomy
• Adaptive neuromodulation for mental disorders
• Novel stimulation patterns for spinal cord therapy
• Neuroablative procedures in oncology

Scientific Grants include NIH R01 and UG3/UH3 funding for pain palliation studies. Recent publications (2018-2025) highlight collaborations with MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of Houston researchers.