Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Neurology
Director of Stereotactic, Functional, and Epilepsy Neurosurgery
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Specialties
- Brain cysts (arachnoid and colloid)
- Chiari malformation
- Epilepsy surgery
- Minimally invasive and MRI-guided neurosurgery
- Movement disorder surgery
- Obstructive and communicating hydrocephalus
- Psychiatric disorder surgery
- Spasticity treatment
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Dr. Willie
Patient-oriented neuroscientific discovery, teaching, and surgical innovation are my passions.
Education
BA, Biochemistry
The University of Texas
Austin, TX
1991– 1995
PhD in Biomedical Sciences
The University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
1998– 2003
MD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX
1996– 2005
Residency
Department of Neurosurgery Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
2005 – 2011
Fellowship
Fellowship, Clinical Stereotactic, Functional, and Epilepsy Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
2011 – 2012
Research Focus
Dr. Willie is a neurosurgeon-scientist with a robust clinical practice. He is funded by private foundations and the National Institute of Mental Health, and contributes high-profile clinical outcome publications, most notably on laser interstitial thermal therapy (minimally invasive laser ablation) for epilepsy. He investigates deep brain stimulation to enhance learning and memory, and he is developing novel interventions to treat narcolepsy, hypersomnia, anxiety, brain injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Willie Laboratory for Behavioral Neuromodulation
Focusing on characterizing the function of brain circuits that control memory and arousal in normal and disease states.
Honors & leadership roles
- American Association of Neurological Surgeon/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Guidelines Committee.
- Participate in generation and review of data-driven guidelines for clinical neurosurgical practice.
- Reviewer, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Learning and Memory (LAM) Study Section.
- “One in One Hundred” Mentor of the Year Award, Emory School of Medicine, Office of Postgraduate Education.
- Induction into “The Millipub Club”, Emory University School of Medicine, for having a publication with >1000 citations.
Board certification
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2017
American Board of Neurological Surgery, 2018
Hospital appointments
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Missouri Baptist Medical Center